Word: owen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Democrats, advocating a continued role for Britain's independent nuclear force. The rebuff could not be overlooked by the Social Democrats, whose party was founded five years ago by former Labor Party members, largely because of their opposition to Labor's call for unilateral disarmament. Social Democratic Leader David Owen said he was shocked by the vote, which he called a "very serious blow." Steel admitted that the outcome of the vote was nothing less than a "breathtaking misjudgment." With the two parties split on such a basic electoral issue, some observers doubted that they could continue to march under...
...government of Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is planning to replace Britain's fleet of four Polaris nuclear submarines, which will become obsolete in the late 1990s, with larger and faster Trident missile subs at a cost of more than $12 billion. Owen opposes buying the U.S.-built replacements on grounds of cost and excessive dependence on Washington. At their party conference in Harrogate two weeks ago, the Social Democrats called for a coordinated European defense effort, including possible Anglo-French "collaboration" on a joint nuclear deterrent. The Liberal leadership warmly endorsed the resolution, which also urged renunciation of Britain...
...wanders off with Capricorn One instead, King digs out one of the unsolicited horror films he constantly receives by fourth-class mail. The cassette is still wrapped in cellophane. "I can't bear to throw them away," he admits. "But I won't let the kids watch them." Meantime, Owen, 9, is down in the kitchen with a group of friends, hunched over a consumer magazine for children. The King children earn their allowances by taping books for Dad to hear while he drives. For the going steno rate of $9.10 an hour, Owen records detective novels. Naomi is currently...
...Spike Owen?" I shouted back...
...Spike...Owen," he echoed...