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That kind of toughness has won him both friends and enemies. Axel Springer's Die Welt calls him "a right leftist without trimmings." And Schmidt an swers: "I don't mind when people call me hard or decisive. I think I am a normal man." Privately, he enjoys his reputation as a hard-nose and sometimes puts on public displays of toughness to nurture the image. He recently lashed out at some youthful left-wing critics in his party with such vehemence that even seasoned politicos winced...
...Freud blamed the fall on slippery leaves. " 'You passed out!' Carl insisted. 'Admit it. I know a shlip when I see one ... believe me, it was a healthy thing.' " Freud, much affronted, said that he would decide what was healthy, "and he stormed down the Welt Strasse, muttering 'Sickening, sickening' to himself...
...that bribery had saved the Brandt government. When Steiner's name first appeared, he admitted that he abstained from voting against Brandt, but did so, he insisted, for ideological reasons, not for money. But then, a la Watergate, bits and pieces of evidence surfaced. The national daily Die Welt reported that shortly after last year's crucial Bundestag vote, Steiner bought himself two Mercedes and a Mini-Cooper...
...Dartmouth is no easy place to play in Cleary said, "Talk shout pits. Dartmouth played very welt though, but our kids did a belluya...
...Welt wondered who could possibly believe rumors that Brandt would leave West Germany if he lost the election. But Brandt may have caused himself more discomfort by telling Der Spiegel that corruption was involved in some of the defections from his government last spring. Asked who had done the corrupting, Brandt replied: "This will all come out eventually...