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After his White House visit, Schmidt met with Howard Baker, who is expected to be Senate majority leader in the new Congress. The week before, the Tennessee Republican had bitterly criticized the allies, including West Germany, for endangering NATO by failing to meet their defense obligations. The Chancellor sought to reassure Baker that Bonn would continue to meet its obligations. Late that afternoon, Schmidt walked around the corner from Blair House to the Jackson Place townhouse reserved for past Presidents and Presidents-elect, for an unscheduled hourlong meeting with Ronald Reagan, which Schmidt clearly considered a major diplomatic coup...
...home economics class, taught by Maggie Miller-Kleinhenz, now includes Lena Schmidt, 73, who regularly goes downstairs from the center to help teach embroidery to seventh-graders. "Embroidery requires a lot of individual attention, and Lena makes it easier for me," says Miller-Kleinhenz. "It's been fun to watch the little kids flock around her, and I can learn something about patience...
...Gretchen Nelson's yearbook and journalism class, students at first were standoffish about Clara Schmidt, 70, a retired journalism teacher. But now they rely on her advice. Says Schmidt, whose arthritis forced her to give up teaching at age 62: "Working with them I forget all my aches and pains." Adds Teacher Nelson: "She is picky, and I like that. I've heard her ask the kids to do things over that I might have let go. They respect her." Mabel Karelse, 79, has been going blind for three years, and students help her select meals...
...William Schmidt, 35, of San Jose, Calif., is a successful dentist. If that description conjures up nervous waits in a bland, Muzak-filled office and a white-coated figure poking fingers, drills or needles into the patient's mouth, with possibly a palliative lollipop or pat on the back afterward, forget it. Dr. Schmidt practices his profession in a red cape and bright blue tights. He calls himself "Plaque Invader." The cape outfit is only one of twelve costumes he dons to amuse young patients. At Christmas he may be dressed as Santa Claus, and around July...
Adults have their own treats at Schmidt's office: chances to win record albums, dinner at a local restaurant or a turkey. He offers a choice of wines in the waiting room. Patients can even try a relaxing soak in the office hot tub. Says Dr. Schmidt: "We've kept our name circulating in the community because of what we are doing. The more the name is mentioned in the community, the more likely we are to pick up a patient...