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Gierek

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[geer-ek, gye-rek] / ˈgɪər ɛk, ˈgjɛ rɛk /

noun

  1. Edward 1913–2001, Polish political leader: first secretary of the Polish Communist Party 1970–80.


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News of the Brezhnev-Giscard parley, to be held in Poland with Polish Communist Leader Edward Gierek as host, surprised and confounded many Western diplomats.

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Walesa also proved adept at hard bargaining once the Gierek government, afraid that the rebellion would spread, finally agreed to negotiate.

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Fearing a national outcry, Gierek was reluctant to ease the strain on the budget by raising prices.

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But if Kania lacked the broad popularity that Gierek had enjoyed upon taking office nearly ten years ago, he had some decided advantages over his predecessor.

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Gierek also made a deal with the RCA Corporation and the Corning Glass Works to build a color television factory outside Warsaw that was supposed to turn out 600,000 sets in 1981.

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