As yet there is no reason for other countries to fear a Schröder administration, even if its assessment of Germany's national interests may be more jarring to its neighbours than Mr Kohl's used to be.
At present, in short, she looks more like another Kohl than like a German version of Margaret Thatcher.In foreign policy, that may be sufficient to improve her country's standing and weight in the world.
Children, whose fathers work in occupations with potential exposure to lead, and whose families use kohl, glazed pottery for food preparation, or hot tap water for milk preparation, may be at a higher risk for lead exposure.
In addition to ambient air lead and passive smoking, children in Lebanon may be exposed to lead through other sources, such as tap water delivered by lead-soldered pipes, paint, and kohl (traditional eyeliner rich in lead).
A court in Berlin ruled that East German secret police files on former Chancellor Helmut Kohl may be made public.
Even so, with an election of his own looming next year, and East Germany's economy badly weakened by the haemorrhage of skilled workers to the West, Mr Kohl may be tempted to be more generous than he should.
A Germany less committed to European integration than is the "Bonn republic" of Mr Kohl (who may still be around for a while at the next Germany's head)?Though most of this looks wide of the mark, Berlin's peculiar chemistry is bound to have an effect on the coming Germany.
Another ministry may well be created for "Europe", for instance to keep the current balance of cabinet jobs in Helmut Kohl's three-party coalition.In this section Flagging progress A new foreign policy?
It may not be able to hold off quite that long, but it has found a prickly answer to Mr Kohl.
The political fall of Helmut Kohl must, irresistibly, be described in terms of classical tragedy.
That means Kohl's will be open for a full 24 hours to kick off the season.
