Word: schmidts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Spinola had no constitutional basis of power and held office at the pleasure of the group of young military officers who deposed the half-century-old dictatorship last spring. Belgium's coalition Cabinet was preoccupied by the linguistic differences that divide the country. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's Social Democrats last month saw the party's popularity drop from...
...also pocketed a diplomatic IOU by agreeing to hold talks late next month with Japan's politically embattled Premier Kakuei Tanaka, who feels he can score points at home by negotiating with the new President. Ford extended a similar invitation to West Germany's new Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt, who plans to come to Washington when the United Nations General Assembly opens next month. The Chief Executive invited Greece's new civilian Premier, Constantine Caramanlis, to visit Washington to discuss the Cyprus crisis, but the Premier decided it would be unwise to leave Athens "at this time...
Still, Beate may win in the end. She is likely to get probation if she promises to stop breaking the law. Lischka's future is bleaker. The trial, and Giscard's friendship with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, may have built up enough pressure to force the Bundestag to ratify a treaty it has sat on for three years. The treaty would permit the retrial in German courts of some 300 war criminals convicted in absentia by the French, including Lischka...
...power that will test whether France can exist short of "grandeur" without lapsing into disorder. West Germany's Willy Brandt resigned amid scandal; yet even in resigning he displayed a sense of responsibility that is itself an element of leadership. He was succeeded by fellow Social Democrat Helmut Schmidt, who may yet prove to be a better manager. Portugal's authoritarian regime was ousted with at least a chance, slim though it is, that democratic leadership may take hold...
...grand jury hearing is not an adversary proceeding with the stringent rules of evidence and the right of cross-examination that exist in a trial. Prosecutors present material that may produce an indictment, but a suspect puts up no organized defense. Says Columbia Law Professor Benno Schmidt: "What you get if the press prints a story about a grand jury proceeding is by definition a one-sided story. The press has always, typically, published that kind of story without built-in qualifications." Many journalists are also uneasy. Howard Simons, managing editor of the Post, admits that violating grand jury secrecy...