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...kindred spirit, but Bill Clinton is no Berliner. The U.S. president has urged Germany?s Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to stay the course of welfare reform, the New York Times reported Thursday, but German voters have lost their appetite for their government?s Clintonesque "Third Way" policies. Schroeder?s ruling Social Democratic Party has been humbled in state elections twice in as many weeks as the party?s traditional support base stayed home to protest the chancellor?s proposed sweeping welfare cuts. Last Sunday?s elections in the former East German state of Thuringia saw Schroeder?s party not only turfed...
...Schroeder has attempted to follow in the footsteps of Clinton and Britain's Tony Blair by combining traditional liberal and social democratic concerns with strict fiscal discipline. But the political center in Germany is well to the left of its American equivalent - even conservative governments have traditionally maintained a level of welfare provision that would make Ted Kennedy blush. "Social Democratic supporters have been shocked by Schroeder?s plans, because they?re so unlike the party?s traditional policies," says Sautter. And while Clinton?s policies were put before the voters at two-year intervals, an ongoing series of state...
...corps assigned to cover it, Germany?s political class is reveling in the decision to move the capital from the sleepy provincial city of Bonn. "I?ve yet to talk to anybody who?s unhappy about the move," says TIME Berlin (formerly Bonn) bureau chief Charles Wallace. "Even Chancellor Schroeder himself has said, somewhat controversially, that Bonn was a small town where there was nothing to do but think about government. Berlin is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world, with plenty to think about besides government...
...Gerhard Schroeder, German Chancellor White Knight, Thinker, Crowd-Pleaser, Difference-Splitter
...Buttles blasted a shot over the Quaker netminder Matt Schroeder's right shoulder to give Harvard its biggest win of the year. The sophomore exploded for five goals in the contest, and it appeared that Harvard would have enough scoring potential to be competitive in the conference...