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...Austrians waited to see what face-saving explanation Kreisky might offer to save his job, the Chancellor surprised them by instead keeping his promise. "Yes, this is definitely a defeat," he said. "I take the consequences and resign." He urged the Socialists to turn over both the chancellorship and the leadership of the party to Education Minister Fred Sinowatz, 54. Said Kreisky: "I am much too old for the haggling needed in a coalition." And, some associates concluded, much too proud...
...pressure for the last twenty years," he says. "So for at least the next two years, I don't want to be on a schedule, to be tied down to anything." That explains why the South Dakotan turned down several prestigious job offers after November, including the chancellorship of the University of Massachusetts system. McGovern is satisfied for now writing articles and lecturing on politics once a week at Louisiana State New Orleans...
...born less out of ideological fervor than an intraparty clash between the state's imposing, egg-bald party chairman, Richard Rosenbaum, 45, and the pugnacious chairman of Brooklyn's G.O.P., George Clark, 35. Clark had seized upon the Reagan candidacy to vent his resentment of Rosenbaum's iron chancellorship and Rockefeller's tight paternal grip. The two leaders had fought first in Kansas over whether Clark could have a Reagan telephone on the floor, then over whether Reagan should be formally invited to address the whole delegation. Rosenbaum vetoed both ideas. Complained Reagan Delegate Vito Battista: "This is like...
According to experts, Strauss trails far behind both Helmut Kohl, national chairman of the Christian Democrats, and Gerhard Stoltenberg, who is minister president of Schleswig-Holstein, the two front runners for the C.D.U. chancellorship nomination. Instead of becoming Chancellor, Strauss may have to content himself with being a kingmaker whose support will be necessary for anyone seeking the nomination. Then, if the C.D.U. wins, Strauss's prize could be the Foreign Ministry, a post he covets second only to the Chancellor's office...
...entered the Common Market. Nor could he draw much comfort from Ostpolitik, the pride of his term. As exchanges between East and West slowed, critics accused Brandt of having given away more to the Communists than he had obtained. Brandt was thus already very close to giving up the chancellorship when Guillaume was arrested...