Word: brandts
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...West Germany formally agreed upon a state treaty to normalize relations between the Federal Republic and the German Democratic Republic. In addition to being a historic milestone on the road to detente in Central Europe, the treaty provides a timely boost for West Germany's campaigning Chancellor Willy Brandt, who faces an election Nov. 19. As Brandt grandly summed up its effect: "Much will become possible that was unimaginable before yesterday...
...Lions lost fumbles five times during the contest, and the Big Green turned the first two into touchdowns. Stetson, Rick Klupchak Check Thomas, and Jeff Brandt all ran for Dartmouth...
...repercussions from the escapade are far from over. Critics of Chancellor Willy Brandt, who is in the midst of a tough re-election battle against the Christian Democrats, charged that the decision to release the prisoners was a "humiliation" for West Germany. Actually, Bonn was almost eager to hand over the three fedayeen; like political lightning rods, they have invited reprisals ever since the night they were captured in a gun battle at an airfield outside Munich...
...story of Marquand's relationship with Carol Brandt has enough facets to fill a book of its own. When they met in 1926 she introduced him to mass-production by encouraging him to dictate his stories for her to type. Later she married his agent Carl Brandt, and by the time she inherited this role from her husband, she and Marquand were already lovers. Birmingham has uncovered valuable material from Mrs. Brandt's recollections but too frequently he slides into details (about how overjoyed the Brandt children were that Marquand and their mother were again lovers...
...environment, the role of multinational corporations, and the treatment of Western Europe's approximately 6,000,000 "guest workers." Besides the long-term effect that such a program could have on the attitudes of younger Europeans, it might well provide an immediate boost to the political fortunes of Brandt and Pompidou, both of whom are stuck at the moment with unfulfilled domestic promises of social reform...