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...domain lies near the resort village of Herrenalb in the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg. In the hills above the quaint Black Forest town, the dark evergreens that gave the region its name are dying, victims of a blight that is destroying an alarming amount of the for est acreage of heavily industrialized West Germany. In the central state of Hesse, 10% of the spruce are now gone; in the northern city-state of Hamburg, almost 25% of the pines are suffering. Southern Germany has been hit most severely: more than half the trees...
...rise of the Greens, beginning in 1979, came just as disillusionment with West Germany's three other established political parties was spreading. In the 1980 national elections, the Greens polled only 1.5% of the vote. Later the same year, in the state election in Baden-Württemberg, they won 5.3% and entered the state parliament. In quick succession came similar electoral break throughs in West Berlin, Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Hesse. In several of the state elections, the Greens ousted the Free Democrats as the third parliamentary party...
...Schmidt had to threaten to resign if his followers decided to thwart the NATO commitment. State and local chapters of the Social Democrats have already tried to do so in Baden-Württemberg and in South Hesse. But while Schmidt is feeling the strain, he is still fighting. Says he: "Do not be deceived by the activities of the young socialists, and do not overestimate them. Angst has become chic. There is no doubt that the majority of [West] Germans and a large majority of the S.P.D. support our foreign and security policies...
...Pope. After that, John Paul II held a five-hour meeting on the case with three Vatican officials, Moser and four other German bishops. The result: all participants agreed to stand firm, and Moser returned to notify the university and the education ministry of the state of Baden-Württemberg...
...Ecumenical Research. But in compliance with the concordat, Kung will no longer officially instruct would-be priests or those training to teach Catholic theology, formerly 60% of his students. They may sit in on his lectures, but will not receive academic credit. The minister-president of Baden-Württemberg state, Lothar Spath, plans a "careful legal examination" of the concordat to determine whether Kung can remain on the Catholic faculty at Tübingen. If not, he promised Küng an "adequate alternative" and "full protection as a tenured civil servant." But if the education ministry tries to switch Kung...