Word: schaumburg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with Erhard himself. Already a bitter joke was circulating: Adenauer should get an honorary degree in medicine for being "able to break the spine of 270 Christian Democratic parliamentarians without spilling one drop of blood." Morning after Erhard's arrival, party go-betweens took him to the Palais Schaumburg to hear soothing words from Adenauer, accompanied by a brisk lecture on the mathematics of political survival. Adenauer conceded that Erhard, with the help of perhaps 30 or 40 Christian Democrats, might be able to collect enough votes to take over the chancellorship if he were willing to depend...
Taking a Hint. Most of the 62 Christian Democrats who went to Bonn's Palais Schaumburg that cold and rainy morning expected a routine session with the Chancellor. Clutching a copy of the federal republic's Basic Law, Adenauer lectured, instead, for 45 minutes on the legal and moral position of the presidential office. Some of the politicians got Adenauer's hint and asked the Chancellor directly...
...Pressure groups, pressure groups-I am being strangled by pressure groups!" grumbled Konrad Adenauer, pacing up and down his Palais Schaumburg study. "I would rather fight three elections than form one Cabinet...
Konrad Adenauer's office in Bonn's Schaumburg palace was festive with lilacs last week. The old Chancellor himself, his craggy face and steady hands still brown from his Swiss vacation, looked fit and relaxed in a grey flannel suit as he discussed the problems of his country and his continent with TIME Correspondent James Bell...
...chose Hubert H. Schaumburg '56 Vice President, and Morris M. Goldings '57, Political Action Chairman. Stephen R. Kaplan '57 of Dunster House is the new Secretary and Eldon D. Momsey '57 of Lowell House the Treasurer...