Word: chancellor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Thomas More, when Latin-speaking scholars could still wan der freely over a continent that had not yet been divided by the Reformation, the first stirrings of nationalism and embryonic dreams of empire. On the eve of Prime Minister Edward Heath's talks with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in Bonn last week, the normally restrained London Times not only praised Brandt's "moral authority" and transnational appeal, but even suggested that if European integration were further along, it would be "almost in conceivable that he would not be elected President of Europe...
...full impact of the struggle for women's rights to hit home, we must understand that the determination which led the women to triumph sprang not simply from their frustration and anger, but from the faith that their position was, and is, right. Frustration led them to dynamite the Chancellor's mansion, burn theaters, and riot, but it was a moral frustration and not just an animal...
Despite the significance of the elections, there was a curious lack of excitement last week on the hustings. The pro-Socialist Paris weekly Nouvel Observateur commented on how different was the West German election last fall that returned Chancellor Willy Brandt to power. "Over there one felt the élan in the air. One felt that the entire population was intensely concerned with the choice before them...
...deprived Jews of German citizenship. He later maintained that he had done his best to thwart the laws, and despite a public outcry, Globke returned to government after the war. He was appointed State Secretary by Adenauer in 1953, and during the next ten years became one of the Chancellor's closest confidants...
...Pompidou met in Paris to congratulate each other on the tenth anniversary of the treaty. There were champagne toasts, a wreath-laying ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe and an exchange of kind words, along with the highest French and German decorations. At the final gala dinner, the German Chancellor nearly forgot to wear the lapel button of his brand new Grand Cross of the Legion d'honneur, then suffered a brief moment of panic when he discovered his dinner jacket had no buttonhole. The situation was saved by the deft thrust of a pocket knife...