Word: chancellor
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This was as it should be: however much sports metaphors dominate our speech, the debates were more than a game. The added edge to reporters' questions came from a frustrated feeling that here at last the candidates should be pinned down. As John Chancellor said in a recent speech, "I don't think I've ever seen a pettier campaign, an emptier campaign, a campaign so lacking in a discussion of real issues." Even in the debates, the candidates had narrowed the range of things they intended to say no matter how a question was put; they...
These glowing figures tend to support West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's oft-repeated view that the pound sterling, which has dropped 20% in value against the dollar in the past year, is actually undervalued. Says the research director of one of London's biggest merchant banks: "The North Sea will give sterling holders plenty of reason for encouragement if the government can only convince them it won't fritter it away in foolish increases in public spending. Once that message gets across, I wouldn't be surprised to see sterling firm up immediately...
Many experts gave both candidates low marks. Said Soviet Expert Adam Ulam of Harvard: "Neither one had any feeling for the terribly complex problems we have in dealing with Russia and the Communist countries. Much of the debate was nothing more than posturing." Added Vanderbilt Chancellor Alexander Heard: "Both candidates tended to make debating points in a way that raised doubts about the political-education value of these debates...
...widely viewed as a personality contest between two competent, but certainly not dazzling, politicians who scarcely differ in their approach to key issues. Most Western and Japanese political leaders are softly cheering for Ford. His main attraction: being a known quantity, v. the relatively unknown Jimmy Carter. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt makes it a point to note privately that Ford has "grown" into the presidency and is much more intelligent and decisive than is popularly thought. But the West Germans also regard Carter as a highly competent, tough and intelligent politician, and are pleased that he has tempered...
...tremble before the Gnomes of Zurich! See panic nearly break out! Yes, the British government was back again last week with still another episode of the Saga of the Plunging Pound, and for theatrics alone it was one of the best performances ever. At one point in the drama, Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey headed for the Orient on other business, then changed his mind and rushed back from the airport to his desk. Prime Minister James Callaghan used words for a rescue attempt, but drew only yawns. The British press went berserk with such three-inch headlines...