Word: schmidts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Derek Bok is surely one of the most admirable academic leaders of his time," said Benno C. Schmidt, president of Yale University. "His thoughts and balanced defense of academic values, his accounts of what is right about higher education and what needs fresh thinking, and his calm and strong stewardship at Harvard have won him the respect of his colleagues across the country...
...Schmidt also added that Bok has been "veryhelpful...
Kohl became chancellor in 1982 largely by default, after Kohl's main competitior, the late Franz Joseph Strauss, had discredited himself as a viable candidate following his defeat in the 1980 election. Kohl was fortunate enough to be the opposition leader when the governing socialist-liberal coalition under Helmut Schmidt crumbled...
...Well, there is the memory of what happened 50 years ago, when we were occupied. But don't forget the great reconciliation between the two countries that began with Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer, continued with Valery Giscard d'Estaing and Helmut Schmidt and goes on now with the friendship between Francois Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl...