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...Schmidt is out, Kohl is in, and an ambiguous new era beckons...
...they were by a debate that had droned on for more than five hours, members of West Germany's parliament watched closely as Bundestag President Richard Stücklen rose to make a curt announcement: the opposition motion of no confidence in the minority government of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt had carried by a vote of 256 to 235, with four abstentions. While colleagues began congratulating Opposition Leader Helmut Kohl, the Christian Democratic Party chairman grinned broadly as he acknowledged the results of the ballot. Said Kohl: "Mr. President, I accept the vote...
...short term, Schmidt's fall would not substantially change West German policies. Kohl's new coalition would probably cut some welfare benefits and provide more business incentives to spur economic recovery. Foreign policy, as one C.D.U. deputy puts it, will be characterized by "continuity with new accents." Kohl, who is more reticent and less arrogant than Schmidt, would probably improve the tone of Bonn's sometimes testy relations with Washington. Unlike the S.P.D., the Christian Democrats do not have to put up with a noisy minority that opposed a strong NATO defense against Soviet expansionism...
Some analysts warn that the decline of the middle-roading Free Democrats could produce a growing polarization within the country. Others question whether the German penchant for dynamic leadership, after 13 years of Brandt and Schmidt, can be satisfied by the unassertive Kohl. At a time when a protracted global recession has shrunk hopes for a return to the country's enviable prosperity, West Germans must also confront the unknown parameters of a new political era. -By William Drozdiak. Reported by Roland Flamini/Bonn...
...athletes are treated to a skimpy slice of the pie. Despite the fact that their average salary of $90,000 is not exactly K rations, football players are the worst paid of major professional athletes (see chart). Three baseball players, New York Yankee Dave Winfield, Philadelphia Phillie Mike Schmidt and California Angel Reggie Jackson, together make more than the entire 45-man roster of the Dallas Cowboys...