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Besides, a certain homely style can make your adversaries underestimate you. German Chancellor Angela Merkel may look like a typical hausfrau, but don't cross her. "She's ruthless," says a political insider in Berlin. "She doesn't just sideline her opponents; she destroys them...
Helmut Kohl could relate. In the 1980s, Germans used to make fun of their Chancellor for his thick Rhineland accent and stumbling speeches. But when more-elegant and eloquent statesmen were dithering after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Kohl seized the moment. He propelled East and West Germany to unification within a year, while others thought that unification, if it happened at all, was a distant prospect. It was Kohl's decisiveness that made him a leader, not his honeyed tone...
...furloughs will only cover approximately a quarter of the UC deficit. The rest will come from a 10% increase in tuition, debt refinancing and dramatic budget cuts at individual UC campuses, as testimony to the Board of Regents from the system's chancellors revealed on July 15. At UC Berkeley, according to Chancellor Robert Birgenau, campus libraries will be closed on Saturdays and will no longer stay open 24 hours during final exams (a longtime campus tradition). He said UC Berkeley is "the only university among our competitors whose faculty are taking a furlough," adding that faculty salaries already...
...UCLA, the campus is projecting 165 fewer courses for the fall quarter, a 10% drop compared with fall 2008, Chancellor Gene Block said. There will be larger classes, which are expected to exceed an average of 60 students each. "We've already seen a 20% increase in the average class size over the last three years, due to increases in student enrollment not covered by state support," Block explained. At UC San Diego, Chancellor Marye Anne Fox said, "our student-faculty ratio is so high that students may not be able to graduate on time." (Read about the struggle...
...nearly two eventful and fitful decades - Kennedy, King and Kennedy were shot, Vietnam was fought and lost, Nixon resigned, hostages were taken in Iran - he was America's rock. In an era of big-news giants like Huntley, Brinkley and Chancellor, he had a special bond with his audience, born of an on-air demeanor that was both folksy and knowing, calming but not disinterested...