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Even if his counterparts elsewhere in Western Europe were not struggling with deep political and economic problems, West Germany's Chancellor Helmut Schmidt would stand out. As his country's head of government and top economic policymaker (he is a former Finance Minister), Schmidt, 57, has led the country out of its worst postwar recession relatively unscathed. Often Schmidt's opinions are the determining factor in Common Market decisions. At home, he does not elicit overwhelming warmth or emotion, but he is sufficiently respected to have won a 76% "approval" rating in a recent public opinion poll...
When the guide was finished, Cammille Schmidt, a Belgian teacher who was serving as the group's translator, informed the group with unmistakable awe that "this is the third most important art museum in the United States...
Williamson described for the Belgians Harvard's rigorous entrance standards; Schmidt's translation informed the group members that the students they saw walking past them in the Yard were "la creme de la creme." One of the Belgian students asked a Crimson photographer if it was all right to smoke in the Yard...
Harvard's eight million books, Williamson explained, comprise the largest university library in the world; Schmidt pointed to Lamont, and, by way of translation, called it "la libraire la plus grande du monde...
...Gary A. Schmidt '78, who lives in M entry, said yesterday he missed both his job and classes because his alarm clock failed...