Jaruzelski
Americannoun
noun
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On July 29, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, the man who in 1981 had imposed martial law to crush Solidarity, resigned as Communist Party leader but remained as president.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
Then-Polish leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, whose 1981 imposition of martial law had led that country nowhere, opted instead to open up talks with the strikers’ leader, Lech Walesa.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2022
Good software is “becoming the oxygen” for established companies, said Barry Jaruzelski, a principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP who focuses on research and development and technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2016
In April 1989, Jaruzelski legalized Solidarity and agreed to hold Poland’s first free election since the Communists took power.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
On the night of Dec. 13, 1981, Polish general Wojciech Jaruzelski, who had taken power that October, imposed martial law.
From Washington Post
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