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...Unwisely, perhaps, Schmidt had played a prominent role in the campaign. To underline the personal link between the Hamburg race and the head of the federal government, the local branch of the Social Democrats had plastered the city with posters pleading: "Hamburg, don't leave Helmut in the lurch." Well, it did. Schmidt's party slumped from its 1978 showing of 51.5% to 42.7% of the vote. For the first time ever, the opposition Christian Democratic Union emerged as Hamburg's strongest party, with 43.2% of the vote...
Demoralized by a succession of reversals in recent months, the Free Democratic Party could be tempted to defect from its partnership in the federal government with the Social Democrats and go into alliance with the Christian Democrats, also leaving Schmidt in the lurch. Already, in preparing for next September's election in the state of Hesse, the Free Democrats are actively considering running in partnership with the Christian Democrats. Meanwhile, the Hamburg election has left the city-state without a government, since neither the Social Democrats nor the Christian Democrats have a majority, and neither group is eager...
...with electronic controls, for subtler articulation, and a third with a combination of control methods. Although Spielberg's organization does not like to speak of such a crudity, there was a fourth E.T., a midget in a costume, for the few scenes in which the creature had to lurch across the floor...
...Harvard Business School. First is at Harvard Medical School, and Miller is at the University of Maryland's Law and Business Schools... The men's lacrosse team has some fascinating nicknames for its players. Some of the most interesting ones are "Bart and Barf" and "Lunch and Lurch" for a well-known freshman duo. "Barney," "Dirt Man," and "Five-Oh" Ask them...
...stone arranged in uneven rows to prevent fast getaways. Downtown in the "control zone," no car may be parked unattended. Solitary figures sit like dolls behind the wheels to prove there is no bomb. Armored personnel carriers, called "pigs" by the children, poke their snouts around corners and lurch out to create sudden roadblocks. The Andersonstown police station, like a fly draped in a web, is barely visible behind what looks like a baseball backstop. The fence is slanted inward at the top, to fend off any rockets...