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Keeley 35 / KEEPING A DREAM ALIVE America’s work with the Polish opposition in the ’70s and ’80s showed how effective public diplomacy can be. COLUMNS By Dick Virden PRESIDENT’S VIEWS / 5 40 / FROM TRIUMPHALISM TO REALITY AFSA Awards: Dissent and Service When communism fell, Poles hoped for a new Marshall By Dan Geisler Plan. That’s not what they got. By Janine Wedel SPEAKING OUT / 17 Focus When an Assignment Disappears By Stephan J. Helgesen POSTCARD / 84 Song of the Volga Boatwoman By Nicole Prevost Logan SCHOOLS SECTION Page 20 EDUCATORS ON THE EDGE / 56 DEPARTMENTS What land of person goes to teach in Outer Incognita? 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