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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...runs the risk of thinking it can withdraw from Europe and still attract American investments, or that it can abdicate its defense responsibilities and still count on American protection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Splitting at the Seams | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

...counterattack by Labor's moderate loyalists is unlikely to halt the momentum toward a new political alignment. Labor's right wing has been increasingly unhappy for some time, and, led by the popular Williams, the dissident Social Democrats could eventually attract a wide range of voters. That would seriously disrupt the country's two-party system. Said Brian Walden, a respected TV commentator and former Labor M.P.: "Nothing will ever be the same again in British politics." -By Jay D. Palmer, Reported by Bonnie Angela/London

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Splitting at the Seams | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

Berner nonetheless tried to fight off the Kennecott attack. Curtiss-Wright announced that it would buy back 1 million of its own shares at $44, and the price was soon raised to $46. That was $6 a share more than Kennecott offered. But the copper company, unable to attract enough Curtiss-Wright shares at $40, ended its offer and started negotiating with

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle in the Boardrooms | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

Outgoing GSA president Benjamin H. Schatz '81 said yesterday he thinks Yedinsky's election will "broaden our appeal and attract new members--it will get rid of the common misconception that the GSA is all male...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: GSA Unanimously Elects Its First Woman Leader | 2/6/1981 | See Source »

...stingy with almost everyone else, where he had any choice in the matter. Military spending is projected to rise by 14.5% next year, to $184.4 billion, or an increase of 5% after adjustment for inflation. Carter has already granted a 16% pay hike to servicemen in order to attract and keep better recruits. More money will be used to stockpile spare parts, and a mix of new ships, fighter planes, Trident submarines and MX intercontinental missiles will be added to U.S. armaments in 1982 and in future years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carter's Farewell Budget | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

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