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Mon 12 Dec 2008At 90, former chancellor has gained cult status as Germany's man of conscience
WHEN HELMUT Schmidt turns 90 tomorrow, it's certain that Germany's oldest living former chancellor will not lack for company, opinions or cigarettes.
More than a quarter of a century after he left office, the chain- smoking Schmidt has achieved in recent years the kind of popular approval and cult status he never enjoyed in power.
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