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...benches jumped M.P. Dennis Skinner, a militant leftist. Stabbing at the air, he roared, "Same old story!" Thatcher, coming alive, snapped back, "Of course, it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story." Almost menacingly, Skinner leaned toward her and charged, "We'll get you out???either in this place or outside it." The threat of going outside Parliament to bring down a government brought gasps from many M.P.s. Thatcher did not flinch. "Rubbish," she replied. Then she added, "Indeed, he is the face of the true new Labor Party?not of its democrats?but those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Embattled but Unbowed | 2/16/1981 | See Source »

...want change to come in a way that preserves the natural flavor, not necessarily every blade of grass or every weed, but the natural flavor. There are those who argue, 'Now that we're here, let's close the door. Put up a fence, keep the rest out???all those other guys.' But we just can't do that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dixy Rocks the Northwest | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

...Chance. The alarm sounds a deafening, 85-decibel squawk even before fire has actually broken out???smoke from a nearby overdone roast can set it off. Easy to install, the bowl-shaped sensors can be simply plugged into house current. Even better, some are powered by batteries; these generally last a year and chirp insistently when they are running down. Smoke sleuths can be used in conjunction with heat detectors (cost: $100 plus for a complete system). Heat detectors are slower to sound a smoke alarm and are used mainly in closed areas such as basements and garages, where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Item: A Life-Saving Squawk | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

...Tennis Corp. of America reports that all the mixed-doubles social programs it runs in six cities are always sold out???and have long waiting lists. Half a dozen pros have been joined to players in holy matrimony, and the groups average about five or six marriages a year between the clients themselves. Commenting on the swingles system, former U.S. Information Agency Director Carl Rowan, an avid Washington tennis player, observes, "It's a safer and healthier way of getting a date, but it sure costs a lot more than buying three martinis." Confided a single girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Sex& Tennis | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

...Now?this brings us to a basic command decision with regard?with regard to what you do about White House people. The main thing is [inaudible] and you can look at it in terms of the fact that anybody who this touches should go out???without [inaudible] . . . Let's suppose?just take Ehrlichman is a case in point?that this thing brought in by [inaudible] that proves to be [inaudible] don't get anything else on Ehrlichman then the question is that nevertheless that in itself would raise a cloud over Ehrlichman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: Further tales from the transcripts | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

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