Word: chancellor
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...influence of Roman Catholic philosophy on Cuomo is pervasive. When he won the St. Thomas More scholarship at St. John's law school, he began a lifelong fealty to the ideals embodied by the 16th century English scholar and martyred Chancellor to Henry VIII. In St. Thomas More, Cuomo found a fellow lawyer, a man of great gifts and profound flaws who reminded him of his own imperfections while providing a model of how to live with them. More's famous work Utopia describes an island where both religion and reason work to support ethical norms...
...political fallout from Chernobyl has descended most heavily upon West Germany. "No other country has gone quite as crazy as we have," says one government expert. The nuclear controversy is dramatically shifting West Germany's political agenda and deepening the problems of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who will face voters next January in a general election...
...poll taken last week, only 2% of Austrians held Waldheim responsible for war crimes, and 85% criticized the World Jewish Congress for interfering in the election campaign. Just two days before the balloting, however, Chancellor Fred Sinowatz urged voters to support Steyrer, suggesting that a Waldheim presidency would be a "risk" to the country's international reputation. Throughout the first round of campaigning, Waldheim showed himself to be an aggressive candidate. With a Madison Avenue flourish, he swept through the country accompanied by a dozen aides and five cars. At every stop, an entertainer was on hand to keep...
...horrors that Naziism visited on hundreds of millions of people throughout the world. No doubt it is unpleasant to cast aspersions on a much beloved world statesman or to raise a fuss over a short visit to a cemetary at Bitburg. There is a temptation to resent what German Chancellor Helmut Kohl called, "an arrogance of the late-born," but there is no excuse for not facing the truth--as ugly...
Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared "mission accomplished." U.S. Treasury Secretary James A. Baker said, "It was a smooth summit." West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl proclaimed: "We were able to achieve good results." And Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi said he came away from the summit gathering "with full satisfaction...