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Lech Walesa
The Libra sign of the Western Zodiac
Lech Wałęsa (born September 29 1943, Popowo, Poland)
Polish labor and political leader. He worked as an electrician at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk but was dismissed in 1976 for his antigovernment protests. In 1980 striking workers at the shipyard won his reinstatement, and he assumed leadership of the independent trade union Solidarity. A moderate, he gained numerous concessions from the authorities before his arrest and internment in the military crackdown of 1981. He was released in Nov., 1982, and in 1983 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1987, he helped block Jaruzelski's reform initiatives by organizing a boycott of the government referendum, and in 1988 he led a series of nationwide strikes. In 1989 he negotiated an agreement with the government under which Solidarity was legalized and allowed to campaign as a political party in the upcoming elections. By the end of Aug., 1989, a Solidarity-led coalition government was in power, but Wałęsa became increasingly critical of Premier Tadeusz Mazowiecki. In Dec., 1990, Wałęsa was elected president of Poland, defeating Mazowiecki, and resigned his Solidarity post. Wałęsa failed to win reelection in 1995, losing to Aleksander Kwaśniewski, a former Communist who was the Democratic Left Alliance candidate. He ran again in 2000 but received only 1% of the vote.
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he Twelve-Month Western Zodiac Cycle:
Aries March 21 - April 20
Taurus April 21 - May 20, 21
Gemini May 21, 22 - June 21
Cancer June 22 - July 22
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Leo July 23 - August 22, 23
Virgo August 23, 24 - September 22, 23
Libra September 23, 24 - October 22, 23
Scorpio October 23, 24 - November 22
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Sagittarius November 23 - December 21, 22
Capricorn December 22, 23 - January 20
Aquarius January 21 - February 19
Pisces February 20 - March 20
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