Word: chancellor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meet another fast-approaching deadline, Thatcher huddled with her Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Geoffrey Howe, and his Treasury team over the new budget that is expected in mid-June. That will not only chart the government's plans for concrete economic policy, but will test the worth of Thatcher's hardest-hitting campaign promise: tax cuts. At the same time, she also tackled a range of other problem areas...
...shine in debate. In 1967 she joined the shadow cabinet and held a number of portfolios, including housing, transport and education. She also spoke up on treasury matters. Some Tory backbenchers remember vividly the verbal exchange that marked Thatcher as a fighting lady to be reckoned with. Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey, who is renowned for his brutal wit, had just dubbed her "La Pasionaria of Privilege." Thatcher ignored the pointed insult. "Some Chancellors are micro-economic," she answered coldly. "Some Chancellors are fiscal. This one is plain cheap." And she went on to document unerringly Healey's failure...
...vital area of economic policy, which she rightly judges will make or break her government, Thatcher will rely heavily on very trusted aides who share Joseph's fiscal views. Sir Geoffrey Howe, 52, a former left-wing Tory long since converted to tight money and tax cuts, became Chancellor of the Exchequer. John Nott, 47, a tough Cornishman once fired by Heath as too inflexible, became Secretary for Trade and Prices. John Biffen, 48, a deceptively shy but zealous right-wing purist and nationalistic opponent of the Common Market, was named Chief Secretary of the Treasury, in effect, director...
...business and that strengthening of courses at the black schools was the key to further integration. Said U.N.C. President William Friday: "Our basic interest is to give more opportunity to go to college. You don't do that by closing programs." Adds Albert N. Whiting, black chancellor of North Carolina Central: "My answer to HEW is that we should place the emphasis on enhancing our curriculum...
Perhaps the most wounding discovery is how much people dislike the very professionalism that newspapermen pride themselves on most-the ability to transmit facts without bias or feeling, in the best deadpan Dragnet manner of "only the facts, ma'am." People who are used to having Cronkite or Chancellor escort the news into their homes feel no connection with reporters, even those with recognized bylines, who impersonally fill their front pages. That contrast asserts Arnold Rosenfeld, editor of the Dayton Daily News, often favors TV personalities "who we print journalists think do a pretty lame job of news gathering...