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Genscher's clout comes from his longtime leadership of the Free Democratic Party, without whose support Kohl's Christian Democrats could not stay in power. He first came to the Foreign Ministry's top job in 1974 as the coalition partner of Helmut Schmidt's Social Democratic Party. But in 1982 he broke ranks with Schmidt over economic policy, making it possible for Kohl to become Chancellor. In return, Genscher got to keep his post. In early 1987 Genscher became the first major Western diplomat to urge that Gorbachev be taken "at his word," a position that...
...print for $4,000. Regina Spelman, an editor at the German-language Harper's Bazaar, sees vast amounts being spent on apparel: "Germans use clothes to define their place in society and are willing to spend a lot to make a statement." Hamburg Designer Peter Schmidt notes that "people are willing to pay to surround themselves with well-designed things." Kurt Gustmann, an editor at the magazine Schoner Wohnen in Hamburg, points to a general pattern of cultivating leisure activities based on long weekends...
...form of chic," says Hartl, "is to learn things other people don't know -- to actually read a book, for instance." That may also be short-lived because as good as it is, contemporary German life is hardly restful or contemplative. "We're still trying to define ourselves," says Schmidt. "Even in leisure we're not particularly at ease." God, in other words, has not moved to Germany...
...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...