Rapacki

/ raˈpatski /

noun

1. Adam (ˈadam). 1909–70, Polish politician: foreign minister (1956–68): proposed (1957) the denuclearization of Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and West Germany (the Rapacki Plan ): rejected by the West because of Soviet predominance in conventional weapons

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The Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev, had signed off on the mission after conferring with the Polish foreign minister, Adam Rapacki; Mr. Brezhnev viewed Moscow’s involvement in the conflict, providing arms and aid to Hanoi, as an increasing distraction.

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“We don’t like to fumble things, either, believe me,” said Fredric Ellis, the founder of Ellis & Rapacki, a litigation firm in Boston.

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Currently, forklifts use laser-based sensors that can cost $5,000 apiece and can scan only a single plane, Rapacki says.

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Rapacki says that Kinect cameras could help forklift operators avoid accidents.

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Adam Rapacki, 60, Polish Foreign Minister from 1956 to 1968, proposer of the "Rapacki Plan" for a nuclear-free zone in Central Europe; of a heart attack; in Warsaw.

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