1.   At that time, the Polish communist authorities allowed small private businesses to establish themselves.

2.   But the Polish authorities say that given their pinched economic circumstances, they cannot afford such a gesture.

3.   Frankel and Polish Jewish leaders say they believe the Polish authorities should pay for a new school.

4.   Polish authorities declined to allow him to be interviewed, but he has told Polish newspapers that he is innocent.

5.   Polish authorities later stopped that project following condemnation from the Israeli parliament and international Jewish organizations.

6.   The company is, however, negotiating with Polish authorities to acquire a sugar company.

7.   The Polish authorities have begun investigating the massacre in one of many uncomfortable acts of discovery and contrition here.

8.   Polish authorities say Italian crime syndicates use the country as a way station for business in the former Soviet Union.

9.   Polish authorities are bound, eventually, to uphold the court orders, but they may be in no rush.

10.   Polish authorities had said the bacteria belonged to a broad group that rarely is toxic in Poland.