Poland A Stranger Calls

In his bid to become President, Lech Walesa must defeat a mysterious newcomer who is surprisingly popular with the voter

Dark-horse candidates don't come much darker than Stanislaw Tyminski, the runner-up in Poland's presidential election last week. One of the few things voters know about him for sure is that he doesn't live in Poland. He makes his home in suburban Toronto, where he owns a computer company and heads the minuscule Libertarian Party of Canada. He won't even promise to move back to Poland if he wins this Sunday's runoff election. He does say he can lift his native land out of its present economic mess. He just won't say how. For good measure, he has said Poland should acquire...

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