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...election, though, will not be the Euro-skeptics who forced the crisis, but the many conservative M.P.s who are wavering over Major's record as Prime Minister and the Tories' precipitous decline in the polls. The Conservatives trail Labour by 39 points, according to one poll, and with seats and parliamentary careers at stake, many could bolt for a more voter-friendly leader. Says a conservative M.P. privately: "The main problem is that this government is incompetent and indecisive. Its policies keep changing. It even fails to publicize the positive things it has done, so people think...
...more Socialist labour Party voters (one)than Rose Perot voters (zero). We did and do a lotof volunteer work, sports and excercise, read alot, attend cultural events. We are overwhelminglysatisfied with are balance we struck between workand family. When I compare us with my husband'sHarvard class of 1944, I find they are moreRepublican, more wealthy and more divorced...
DIED. HAROLD WILSON, 79, former British Prime Minister; in London. Wilson came to power in 1964, occupying No. 10 Downing Street for seven years, longer than any other 20th century peacetime premier except Margaret Thatcher. The silver-haired Labour Party leader was known for his pipe, raincoat and Yorkshire accent. Among his legacies: the 1967 devaluation of the pound to rescue a declining economy, the 1975 referendum that committed Britain to E.C. membership, and his recommendation of the Beatles for knighthood...
Chekov once stated that in theater, a gun presented in act one should go off by act three. Guns, in Exotica, do not need to go off. People don't kiss and make up. The labour of living and dealing always goes...
...withdrawal of a key political party from the coalition that kept him in power yesterday . He did not ask for a general election -- leaving his Fianna Fail party scrambling to find a new leader who commands the support of a parliamentary majority. Reynolds lost the backing of the Labour party over the appointment of a judge accused of delaying the extradition of a priest charged with child molestation in Northern Ireland. If a new prime minister satisfactory to Labour cannot be found, national elections would then be held, delaying the peace that started with September's cease-fire. Sinn Fein...