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...They also fear heavy British casualties. Accordingly, they made a bargain with Thatcher, trading their support of her tough stand on the question of Falklands sovereignty for her acquiescence to the step-by-step invasion. Says a senior British Cabinet minister: "On this basis we will enter this fray as a united Cabinet...
...Suez in 1956, when he led Great Britain into war without the backing of America." Of Prime Minister Thatcher, widely known as one of the most hawkish voices in her inner circle, the Cabinet member said that "Margaret's heart may be telling her to leap into the fray, but her head is telling her that you cannot militarily operate in the Southern Hemisphere without U.S. explicit or implicit support...
...statewide offices, including senator, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and auditor. Aspirants for all offices have mounted drives to push for delegate support--even Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54, who is facing minor opposition in his bid for re-election, has joined the fray...
...Though that was "terrible moral tardiness" to Radical Jesuit Dan Berrigan, taking on the White House was a wrenching change for the hierarchy. Then in 1973 the bishops were rocked by the sweeping U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in most cases. The bishops soon abandoned above-the-fray moral preachments and plunged into down-in-the-trenches political action. They have now thrown their full weight behind a specific proposal that is due for a vote soon, Senator Orrin Hatch's constitutional amendment to give Congress and the states power to pass restrictive abortion laws...
...aggressive competitors. Tandy Corp.'s Radio Shack, with its 8,400 retail outlets, has captured an equal 23% of sales. Xerox has a new entry that its engineers call the "worm" because they claim that it can eat an Apple. Most important, mighty IBM has joined the fray with its first personal computer...