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Thatcher would like to develop even closer ties to Washington, perhaps setting up regular meetings with Reagan. She will, of course, keep her pledge to improve Britain's nuclear deterrent by buying U.S.-built Trident missiles and accepting the deployment of U.S. cruise missiles at the Greenham Common and Molesworth airbases...
...declare an end to hostilities between the two countries, there could be negotiations for resuming diplomatic relations. Foreign Office advisers fear, however, that Thatcher is boxing herself in by refusing to negotiate. Protecting the Falklands now is a garrison of some 4,000 soldiers, two squadrons of jets, a nuclear submarine and half a dozen destroyers and frigates. Estimated cost of that presence this year alone-$672 million, or $373,000 per Falklander A Gallup poll taken last February showed that 65% of the British felt that some sort of negotiations with Argentina should take place. Instead, the Prime Minister...
...emerged as one of her closest confidants. Tebbit thrust through legislation making secret strike ballots mandatory and regularly delivers stern calls for thrift welfare cuts and hard work. Another Tory to watch is Michael Heseltine, the Defense Secretary, who launched a successful counterattack against the country's growing nuclear disarmament movement. His one possible drawback: he is not a Thatcherite in economics...
...articles I've read about the economic-stimulus package, Kinsley's makes the most sense. The U.S. infrastructure is in deplorable condition, and rebuilding it would create high-paying jobs that couldn't be outsourced. Bridges and highways need repair, new nuclear power plants would replace coal-fired plants, and an agency dedicated to developing new energy sources would allow us to end our dependency on foreign oil. But if this is too ambitious a plan for our politicians, they can give me my handout and I'll buy a large-screen TV. Jerry Ebersbaker, HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...
They used nuclear magnetic resonance and other imaging techniques to study the structure of this region, which is partially imbedded in the viral membrane...