Word: holstein
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Police later charged Salesman Uwe Rohwer, 40, a well-known neo-Nazi in Schleswig-Holstein, and four of his followers with the crime of forming a terrorist group. It marked the first time that this charge, drawn to deal with radicals of the left, had been invoked against the right...
...vote in the Bavarian state elections, giving it the largest majority enjoyed by any party in any German state assembly. Since then, to demonstrate that he can draw crowds outside his rural, conservative and Roman Catholic bailiwick in Bavaria, he has barnstormed into Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and even the working-class, traditionally left-leaning Ruhr. This week Strauss flies off to Peking-at the invitation of the Chinese-to re-establish his credentials in foreign affairs...
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...
Although revered by many Greeks as a living symbol of national unity, Constantine has no blood relations in the country. The royal family is descended from a Danish prince of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonder-burg-Glücksburg, who was installed by Russia, France and Britain on the throne in 1863, as King George I. Since Constantine's exile, there has been occasional speculation that he might eventually give up his Roman villa and join his wife's family in Denmark. But, says a friend, "if he moved into a palace in Copenhagen, it would look...
Meanwhile the Free Democrats, whose 27 Bundestag delegates give Brandt a narrow six-seat majority, are also losing voters. In Schleswig-Holstein, the Free Democrats polled only 3.8% of the vote, and lost their four seats in the state legislature. The Free Democrats also lost their representation in Lower Saxony and the Saar. If the present trend continues, only the two big parties are likely to emerge intact from the 1973 national elections...