Word: margarete
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...seniors have a less charismatic but still meritorious group to choose from. Roger Baldwin '04, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, will probably be in town for Commencement anyway. Henry Aaron may be swinging through, too, now that he's over in the American League. Seymour Hersh, Margaret Mead, United Mine Workers president Arnold Miller, or Reps. Barbara Jordan (D-Texas) or Bella Abzug (D-N.Y.) might be more predictable, but they would certainly represent a step up from Richardson...
Chris Evert was to have some excitement though as her old flame, Jimmy Connors, came to town to watch her first lose to Evonne Goolagong in the semifinals and then beat Margaret Court in the consolation. The on-again-off-again relationship between "Kissable Chrissie" and the notorious Conners prompted one writer at the tournament who saw the two of them together to say, "If two people ever deserved each other, it has to be Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors...
Newly elected Tory Party Leader Margaret Thatcher defended the expenditures on the grounds that the monarchy is "our most precious asset." Others, though, are beginning to see it differently. Said Labor M.P. James Wellbeloved during the floor debate: "In my household, and in every other, there is another sovereign, the housewife, who is struggling to keep her family afloat in the turbulent sea of inflation. We must prevent people like this from becoming resentful of the institution that leads them." For some M.P.s, however, the reaction of Britain's housewives was of less concern than the reaction of Britain...
...Tory Margaret...
...first time in my life as an American, I envy something Britain has: Tory Margaret Thatcher [Feb. 24]. Her defense of "middleclass interests," espousal of rewards for skill and hard work, and resistance to the excessive power of the state strike a tiny bell of recognition, reminding us that we used to have representatives who spoke in this fashion. May I say, "We could use you here, Margaret...