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...secret accusers brought to justice. Already many Germans are aghast over revelations of former spies -- and therefore traitors -- in their midst. Fearful of the divisive potential of "de-Stasification," some Germans have called for a limited amnesty. In an interview in the daily Die Welt, former Chancellor Willy Brandt said, "Those who abused their countrymen and enriched themselves must go before the courts . . . ((but)) let the others lie in peace." And while East Germany committed no horrors on the scale of the Third Reich, some Germans fear a replay of the turmoil associated with the purges of postwar de- Nazification...
...Allan Brandt last night addressed a crowd of about 50 people--most affiliated with the History of Science department--in the Science Center and discussed his research on the link between cigarette smoking and American views of risk in general. A former assistant professor at Harvard, Brandt has recently made several forays into the field of epidemiology, the study of epidemics...
Dividing his presentation into four parts, Brandt detailed how the cigarette became enormously popular in America, how the link between cigarettes and disease was recognized, how the state has wrestled with this public health concern, and finally how cigarette smoking has taken on new social and cultural meanings...
...history of cigarette smoking in America is the perfect case study for an inquiry into societal approaches to risk-taking and is a superb example of epidemiology in general," Brandt said...
Before the East German elections earlier this year, Brandt was a stump speaker and nostalgia figure at campaign rallies. His Social Democrats lost because the people of the G.D.R. have had their fill of anything that even sounds socialist. But they still owe much to the author of Ostpolitik. What Willy Brandt did two decades ago helped make it possible for them to elect a unity Chancellor this year...