Word: chancellor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fact, surprised most Europeans. There had been a fairly widespread impression among Europe's diplomats and journalists that the President was an earnest nonentity. That unflattering assessment reflected Ford's unimpressive performance in his first encounters with Europeans after he entered the White House. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, for instance, had come away from a White House meeting last December doubting that Ford possessed enough intelligence to be an effective President. The British and French were similarly skeptical...
...seated across from him, here is how I see the problems. When Ford did not understand, he asked questions. When he was obviously unknowing, he dragged in his aides. With Britain's Harold Wilson, Ford shared economic-recession talk. Then the President listened carefully when Chancellor Schmidt, who is almost an ex-officio member of Ford's Council of Economic Advisers, talked economics. Schmidt loved it. All of Europe's leaders, apparently, were touched by Ford's warmth and decency. Perhaps that is not all that unusual; Ford does that to most people who encounter...
...trip to Brussels was a largely symbolic mission to overcome allies' jitters about U.S. reliability in the post-Viet Nam War era. In return, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, reflecting the views of other NATO members, assured Ford: "You can rely just as much on us." A second purpose was to demonstrate that the U.S. is still committed to an activist foreign policy in Europe and the Middle East. Further, in a side trip to two economic conferences in Paris, Kissinger promised that the U.S. would begin building what he called a "new order" in the world economy...
...When war breaks out," observed Britain's Laborite Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey, "truth is the first casualty...
...tighten security, Chancellor Helmut Schmidt banned nonofficial visitors from government headquarters in Bonn last week and ordered that an armored car guard the chancellery building day and night. The concrete and steel Stuttgart courthouse is encircled by concentric chain link, barbed-wire and wooden fences. A steel net has been strung across the roof to keep off explosives and prevent helicopter rescue attempts. Hidden cameras monitor every inch of the floodlit complex, and more than 500 policemen share the guard duty. Roadblocks manned by submachine-gun-carrying police seal off the entrances to unauthorized visitors...