Word: successors
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...costly and disappointing. Second, Western Europe had become an attractive target because it could be intimidated by a rapid Soviet military buildup, especially of SS-20 intermediate-range missiles, of which Moscow now has 351 deployed. Intimidation was made all the easier by the arrival of a so-called successor generation ol young West Europeans ignorant of immediate post-World War II history, thus uncertain of U.S. policy and fatalistic about Soviet power. Third, the Soviets are grappling in Eastern Europe with perhaps their most intractable problem, the growth of nationalism and dissent. Said François-Poncet...
...Atlantic community," Helmut Schmidt has become, if anything, even more outspoken than during his eight years as Chancellor of West Germany. He still has harsh things to say about U.S. leadership of the alliance. But he remains a firm believer in checking Soviet expansion, and, like his successor Helmut Kohl, he is committed to the NATO "double-track" decision. Excerpts from Schmidt's keynote address to TIME'S Atlantic Alliance Conference...
That tentative timetable makes little difference to Democratic candidates, who are already campaigning lustily against Reagan and his policies. But on the G.O.P. side, it immobilizes would-be successors. To stand a realistic chance of winning, such possible contenders as Senators Howard Baker and Robert Dole and Congressman Jack Kemp would need to start organizing and raising money by mid-autumn. Vice President George Bush possesses the remnants of the nationwide network he put together for the 1980 primaries and a basketful of lOUs from Republican congressional candidates for whom he campaigned last fall, and so could start a successful...
Silence from the White House about a successor and noncommittal answers from Volcker have naturally led to speculation about another, successor. The most frequently mentioned candidate is Alan Greenspan, 57, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, consultant to the Reagan White House and most recently head of the commission on Social Security reform.* Greenspan supports Volcker's reappointment, saying, "I think he has done a fine job and deserves it." But Greenspan has lots of support in the White House because of past service to the Administration. Says one admirer: "He's an independent...
...challenge of the romantic repertory; by the end of Maazel's tenure, the Cleveland Orchestra was the best-sounding band in the land. Today, standards have unavoidably slipped a bit as the orchestra awaits the arrival in 1984-85 of Maazel's German-born successor, Christoph von Dohn...