Word: callaghans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first in politics, philosophy and economics. While serving in the House of Commons and in various Labor governments, he wrote several books, including The Future of Socialism (1956), which suggested that class had replaced capitalism as the appropriate target of socialists. After his appointment to Prime Minister James Callaghan's Cabinet last April, Crosland became the chairman of the European Community's Council of Ministers and toiled at reaching a settlement in Rhodesia. He was expected to become Chancellor of the Exchequer this spring...
...Common Market leaders, he apologized for his love of Cuban cigars, which are banned in the U.S., and promised to do penance by "donating a few to my favorite charity." During a visit to 10 Downing Street, Mondale helped strengthen the Atlantic alliance by joining British Prime Minister James Callaghan and other British officials in a spontaneous rendition of some Yorkshire drinking songs...
...most of Europe, 1976 was a year of disappointment and frustration. As Britain and its once proud pound continued to slump, Labor Prime Minister James Callaghan began talking like a Tory; he urged the trade unions to ease off on wage demands and ordered cuts in costly social services. Italy's Communists under Enrico Berlinguer came closer to entering the government by increasing their vote from 27% to 34%, while the tired Christian Democrats held steady...
Concluding his farewell appearance in Brussels, Kissinger stopped off in London in a final effort to salvage the deadlocked Rhodesian talks, to dine with Prime Minister Callaghan and attend a soccer match. Then he left for Washington, to sort out his plans for the future. There will be a "decent interval" of a year for work on his memoirs. And what then? When newsmen teased him, Henry Kissinger replied-some would say with a Mona Lisa smile-"I'll be back...
Despite that, Callaghan will have a tough job persuading British public opinion to buy his agreement. The main concern of his top aides is that the sharp cuts in public spending could reverse the willingness of British unions to negotiate a third stage of wage ceilings next year. For the past year and a half, union cooperation in holding down wages has been the foundation of Britain's anti-inflationary policy. That a Labor government should be forced to take that risk in order to satisfy foreign creditors is a true measure of how perilous Britain's situation...