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...total of 21 members of her government felt she had no chance of winning the second round against Heseltine. Even M.P.s who had voted for her the first time wanted to abandon her cause. To test the waters herself, Thatcher ventured into the Commons tearoom, a cavernous oak-paneled chamber. Settling comfortably into an armchair, she exhorted the Tory M.P.s who gathered around her to keep her in office. It was an extraordinary moment: rarely do Cabinet ministers, let alone Prime Ministers, mingle in the tearoom...
Despite the Chamber of Commerce's agreement to the compromise, Independents expressed concerns that the freeze was being forced on the business community...
...Chamber of Commerce, backed by a large group of city businesses and developers--including Harvard--supported a series of amendments that, among other things, would exempt employee and student parking...
...final freeze--a lukewarm version of the original proposal--was approved with only hesitant approval from the chamber, which lobbied to support a clause ensuring that spaces currently in operation could not be eliminated...
...Lamft outlined his plan to restructure the office, the throngs of mail carriers filling City Hall's Sullivan Chamber greeted him with boos and hisses, complaining that the move would strip them of seniority and benefits...