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...whether his departure was an omen for good or ill, although Parsons on arriving in Britain declared that this week "things will move very rapidly one way or another." Underscoring that point, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sounded far from hopeful as she told a Conservative Party audience in Perth, Scotland, that a negotiated settlement of the Falklands dispute "may prove unattainable." Said she with passion: "I hope with all my heart that the negotiations will succeed. I do not want to see one more life lost in the South Atlantic-whether Argentine or British-if it can be avoided...
...Since the article appeared, we have had innumerable phone calls from your readers trying out our home telephone number, which is now listed in TIME, as well as the Jerusalem directory. The callers have been mainly Christians who telephone from as far away as Detroit, Rochester, and Perth, Australia, to ask if I am really Jerusalem's mayor...
...conference opened in Perth, in the heart of Scotland, rolled south to Bradford in England's industrial north and wound up in London. Along the way, party members quaffed wine, bellowed out songs and welcomed five more defecting Labor M.P.s to the fold. The S.D.P.'s new total of 21 M.P.s means that it will be the third largest party (surpassing the Liberals' eleven seats) when the new session of Parliament begins next month...
Archy is not alone either. After the race, he and another sprinter, Frank Dunne become "mates" and head off to hop a freight train to Perth, where the underage Archy hopes to slip into the ranks of the Light Horse cavalry regiment. Dunne, as portrayed by Mel Gibson, provides a good foil for the golden-looking and piously good Archy. Sly but good natured, Dunne is an Irishman with little interest in fighting someone else's war but whom Archie finally cajoles into enlisting with remarks like "You have a greater responsibility to go...you're (big Australian twang...
...their journey, trekking first to Perth via the Australian desert. After enlistment they are shipped out to Egypt for training. Finally, they sail for the shores of Ottoman Turkey...