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...Berlin that had been imposed by Moscow in 1948, sundering the local population and leaving occupying U.S., French and British troops on the western side while the Soviets controlled the east. "In August 1961 the curtain was drawn aside to show us an empty stage," former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt recalled in his memoirs. "It was then that we lost the illusions that had survived even after the end of our hopes...
...where the end of a ten-year Ph.D. glut and the imminent retirement of many senior faculty have made the emigres welcome. America's National Science Foundation counts 1,001 British scientists and engineers who entered the U.S. last year. Says David Ingram, vice chancellor of Kent University, Canterbury: "American universities have made it clear that they expect to solve their difficulties in recruiting new staff by taking people from Britain's universities...
...Socialists treated the controversy gingerly. Only recently did Steyrer begin to allude openly to the damage a Waldheim victory could inflict on the country's reputation. WITH STEYRER, ALL OF AUSTRIA WINS proclaimed one campaign poster. Bruno Kreisky, the Socialist ex-Chancellor, last week appealed to his countrymen not to vote for Waldheim. Asked Kreisky: "Didn't we always have decent Presidents whom we could show in public...
...even a few nuclear bombs are detonated." Along with U.S. Surgeon Bernard Lown, Chazov received the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Chazov's remarks, delivered before a meeting of the organization, drew a sharp rebuke from members of Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Christian Democratic Party, which supports nuclear power. A spokesman called the physicians' group a "Soviet- steered propaganda forum...
...Chancellor Kohl, who has been the subject of a three-month corruption investigation that was dropped last week for lack of evidence, looks < politically weaker now than at any other time since he assumed power in 1982. Polls taken since Chernobyl show the Social Democrats consistently leading his Christian Democrats. The opposition, moreover, has been able to dictate the campaign theme for upcoming elections. Its battle cry is Ausstieg! (phased "withdrawal" from nuclear energy...