Word: chancellor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...October 1977, in an address to the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, Helmut Schmidt, then West German Chancellor, called attention to the fact that strategic arms talks between the U.S. and the Soviet Union had failed to deal with "disparities" between East and West in tactical nuclear weapons. What he had in mind was the rapid buildup of Soviet intermediate-range SS-20s targeted on Western Europe. Schmidt reminded the U.S. not to neglect NATO defense needs at the negotiating table, but left it to the Carter Administration to propose a solution...
...role as a self-described "citizen of our Atlantic community," Helmut Schmidt has become, if anything, even more outspoken than during his eight years as Chancellor of West Germany. He still has harsh things to say about U.S. leadership of the alliance. But he remains a firm believer in checking Soviet expansion, and, like his successor Helmut Kohl, he is committed to the NATO "double-track" decision. Excerpts from Schmidt's keynote address to TIME'S Atlantic Alliance Conference...
...everything, except that he had grown old." Such was the assessment of Vienna's daily Kurier last week when one of the senior statesmen of the Western world announced his retirement after 13 years in office. Added the conservative newspaper, which had been a sharp critic of the Chancellor: "Kreisky has lost the elections. But Austria has lost Kreisky...
...results rolled in and Austrians waited to see what face-saving explanation Kreisky might offer to save his job, the Chancellor surprised them by instead keeping his promise. "Yes, this is definitely a defeat," he said. "I take the consequences and resign." He urged the Socialists to turn over both the chancellorship and the leadership of the party to Education Minister Fred Sinowatz, 54. Said Kreisky: "I am much too old for the haggling needed in a coalition." And, some associates concluded, much too proud...
...vacation and Christmas bonuses and on savings accounts of more than $5,800. Kreisky argued that the proceeds would be used to create jobs. His opponents, however, complained, effectively, that Kreisky was not only bleeding Austrians with such taxes but robbing them with his extravagant spending. Inevitably, the Chancellor's age and health became a major issue. Kreisky is much older than the leaders of other political parties, and for the past three years he has had to undergo twice-weekly dialysis treatments because of a severe kidney ailment. When journalists asked him about his chances of serving...