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...fishing industry," says Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, a Spanish conservative and member of the European Parliament. Publication of Fischler's proposals was delayed after Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar reportedly pressured Commission President Romano Prodi to soften the reforms. Around the same time Steffen Smidt, the Danish chief of the Commission bureaucracy on fisheries and a strong supporter of the plans, was dismissed, prompting charges that he was forced out for opposing any changes. Then E.U. transport and energy Commissioner Loyola de Palacio, a Spanish conservative with close ties to Aznar, entered the fray...
...political science, volunteered long enough for the army to get his parachute wings and then turned to journalism. Karl-Ernst Freitag and Artwin Priebisch studied marine engineering, spent a couple of summers sailing the high seas, only to drift into other endeavors: teaching for Freitag, business for Priebisch. Harm Smidt leaned toward the law but turned to the sciences and engineering and wound up a partner in a firm dealing with environmental-impact studies...
...Smidt is ready to make his move even now: he plans to open a branch of his firm, Ecoplan, in Leipzig. He is well prepared, having spent many a vacation since the early '70s traveling in the East. "What pleases me," he says, "is that after 40 years of totalitarianism, independent thinking remains in the East. The people never identified with the communist state...
Honors: Harvard's Aron Allen and Penn's Doug Smidt were named the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League Players of the Week. Aron hit .833 with 10 hits in 12 plate apperances. The third baseman slugged two home runs, two triples, and a double. In Harvard's 15-7 win over Brown, Allen was two-for-four with a grand slam and a triple, knocking in four runs. Allen finished the weekend with another four-ribbie performance against Yale, cracking a solo home run and knocking in three runs on a pair of singles...
...Smidt, a powerful lefthander, notched his second Player of the Week nod this season. The Quaker hurler went the distance, allowing six hits, three runs, two walks and striking out 11, while leading Penn to a 4-3 victory over Cornell. He raised his EIBL record to 4-0 in five starts...