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April 11, 1983

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a reporter at large

I-A STATE OF WAR

Lawrence Weschler

REPORTER AT LARGE about Poland. In the fall of 1982 writer came to witness martial law in Warsaw. Solidarity had been permitted to exist officially for 16 …