Word: chancellor
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...their fallen colleague, praising him left and right as one of the industry's giants ABC devoted 35 minutes of its hour-long Nightline broadcast to Frank and it silenced the trumpeteering musical intros that warn viewers of its newscasts of the end of all commercial breaks. John Chancellor and Walter Cronkite remember them spoke of what a "professional" Reynolds was, of how he had fought his way through a 35-year rise from a radio reporter in his native Indiana to the top spot at ABC News Others noted his initial reluctance in 1967 to "sell...
...position to negotiate from strength, and that failure to seek better relations with Moscow would only enhance Reagan's reputation as a dangerous hardliner. Visiting with the President in Washington last week, West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher reiterated the enthusiasm of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who met with Soviet President Yuri Andropov in Moscow two weeks ago, for a U.S.-U.S.S.R. summit...
...managed to slip through tight security lines with little difficulty. Two weeks later, police in the industrial city of Wuppertal arrested 104 youths who, under the guise of practicing karate, were apparently preparing to stage equally disruptive protests. In response to the escalating threat of violence, the Cabinet of Chancellor Helmut Kohl last week approved a tough and controversial new bill. It would allow the police to disperse all demonstrators, whether they are engaged in violent action or not, simply if they are in the presence of an outbreak of violence. Anyone who disobeys police orders would face a prison...
...right. But [Prime Minister Pierre] Mauroy and [Finance Minister Jacques] Delors persuaded me to the contrary." Mitterrand indicated that he wanted to impose a policy of economic "rigor" as early as the spring of 1982. He felt that the "Germans were not ready," an apparent reference to Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's reluctance at the time to undertake a simultaneous revaluation of the mark...
...both conventions the biggest and most politically sensitive issue was merit pay, a concept that is getting increased attention from politicians, the public and some key educators, including Anthony Alvarado, the newly appointed chancellor of New York City's schools. The A.F.T. has been quietly debating the pros and cons of merit pay for several months, realizing that it could not just flatly reject the concept in today's charged atmosphere. As a result, Reagan complimented the A.F.T. for "its fair and open-minded approach to other potential means of encouraging good teaching and good teachers." Another speaker...