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...staid predictability of Bonn politics quickly took on the intrigue of a Florentine court last week. Initially, Kohl was confident that former Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, leader of the centrist Free Democrats who bolted Schmidt's government, could deliver at least 33 votes from his party's 51 members of parliament. This total would provide Kohl 259 votes, when added to the 226 of his coalition. Schmidt's S.P.D. has only 215 seats, and depended on heavy Free Democrat support to stay in office. Kohl and Genscher had been talking quietly of creating a new center...
...often abrasive Schmidt had struggled to hold together his troubled ruling coalition amid signs that its junior partner of 13 years, the Free Democratic Party, was preparing to bolt the government. Last week, in a crossfire of public recriminations, four Free Democratic Cabinet members, including Party Leader Hans-Dietrich Genscher, who was also Schmidt's Foreign Minister, resigned their portfolios...
...Argues Detroit Attorney Robert Dinges: "A city is no different from General Motors. If it commits a wrong, it should be just as liable as anyone else." Other lawyers, however, fear that the legal gains are outweighed by the losses. "A city is not like General Motors," says William Dietrich, Detroit's assistant corporate counsel. "If GM gets hit with a $1 million claim, it raises the price of its cars. When the city gets hit with $1 million, it lays off ten policemen. The people are going to lose." Some municipalities, especially small ones, have to raise taxes...
Kollek's friends have ranged from Anwar Sadat, who called him "the most famous mayor in the world," to Frank Sinatra and Marlene Dietrich. Another friend is Saul Bellow, who has provided a vivid portrait: "Kollek is ponderous but moves quickly-a furiously active man. His is a hurtling, not a philosophical soul. His face does not rest passively on its jowls ... His reddish hair falls forward when he goes into action... Everyone serves his ends, and no one seems harmed by such serving...
...environment, was "ill-conceived and a danger to public health." A congressional resolution to force the EPA to reconsider its decision quickly won support from both parties. Last week the agency reversed itself and reimposed the ban. "It was a mistake to suspend the rule," admitted Gary Dietrich, director of the agency's office of solid wastes. Added Agency Administrator Anne Gorsuch: "I believe the EPA should err on the side of caution...