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...chinks in the Iron Lady's political armor were growing wider each day. What began last fall as a relatively minor issue, the fate of an ailing British helicopter manufacturer, had ballooned into one of the severest tests for Margaret Thatcher in her nearly seven years as Prime Minister. The controversy has already prompted the angry resignation of Defense Minister Michael Heseltine and threatened to force the ouster of Trade and Industry Minister Leon Brittan. In the House of Commons last week, amid charges of high-level deceit and manipulation, Thatcher's critics turned the debate into a full-scale...
Prime Minister Shimon Peres has been hampered in his efforts to improve relations with Egypt by a minor but irritating border dispute. At issue is a 250-acre stretch of coastline along the Gulf of Aqaba named Taba, claimed by both countries on the basis of old survey maps. The Israelis completed their withdrawal from the rest of the occupied Sinai in 1982 under the terms of their peace treaty with Egypt. But they retained Taba, and in fact built a resort hotel on it. Peres has been ready to agree to an Egyptian demand for international arbitration...
...reporting war crimes to his superiors. In a 43-page opinion, Judge Irving R. Kaufman, a member of the three-judge panel, ruled that Herbert had no grounds to take his case to trial. The CBS story, Kaufman wrote, was essentially accurate. To go to trial over some minor unresolved issues would be, the judge wrote, a "classic case of the tail wagging...
...lobbyist, I find my job is one of educating busy legislators on matters that are minor to them but major to our industry. Protecting business interests is not always bad. I am continually amazed at how little lawmakers know about the effect a bill will have on the public. Arleen Goodman Tennessee Association of Tour Operators Nashville...
...rocketing liability-insurance premiums, and the town expects to self-insure for the 1986-87 fiscal year, taking a chance that a large judgment might force taxes up anyway. Five counties in Missouri closed their jails for several weeks last fall, sending some prisoners elsewhere for incarceration and releasing minor offenders outright. The jails reopened after the counties' sheriffs set up a self-insurance pool, which was financed by tax money...