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...activity in the mythical country of Sierra Madre must be kept secret from Congress and the public. Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and New York Times Columnist Tom Wicker disagree. The debate is familiar, but it gains discipline and clarity from the astute questioning of Moderator Benno Schmidt, dean of the Columbia Law School. Unfortunately, the hour shows are frequently over before the surface has been more than scratched: too many celebrity experts to hear from. Still, The Constitution is grappling with some big issues in a lively and informative...
...even the top-ranking government officials would concede that this self-sufficiency is still a long way away. J.B. Vorster, the former Prime Minister of South Africa, has stated, "Each trade agreement, each bank loan, each new investment is another brick in the wall of our continued existence." (E. Schmidt, Decoding Corporate Camouflage U.S. Business Support for Apartheid, 1980) If divestment and corporate withdrawal have the negligible effect which Bok claims, why has the South African government spent over three million dollars each year in the United States alone on anti-divestment lobbying...
Often TIME'S staff members invite distinguished statesmen whom they have met as correspondents. Former Bonn Bureau Chief William Mader helped to bring in West Germany's then Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Onetime Paris Bureau Chief Henry Muller invited French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson. As Senior Editor Muller puts it, "Hearing someone present a policy in person, regardless of what other information or analysis you have, helps you to understand that policy better...
...military review, however, that fascinated Peking's diplomatic community and foreign guests, among them Kampuchean Prince Norodom Sihanouk, who lives in Peking part of the time, and former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Not only was China showing off weaponry that outsiders had not been permitted to see before, but as Peking Military Region Commander Qin Jiwei made clear, it was the first such demonstration in 35 years. Said a Western military attache: "It was an impressive display of equipment that shows a pretty good capability in terms of manufacturing. There wasn't a piece there that...
...London summit will resolve these disputes are slim. The previous economic summits have concentrated on building a spirit of cooperation and have rarely achieved specific agreements on complicated financial matters. Looking back on the eight economic summits he attended as West German Chancellor, Kohl's predecessor, Helmut Schmidt, once reflected that the meetings were valuable not so much for what they accomplished as for what they avoided. He had in mind primarily resistance to curbs on free trade. Still, political harmony and economic discord are not an enduring combination-a point which the London gathering may well impress...