Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have a better prospect now than Mrs. Thatcher of leading the Conservative Party into a fourth election victory." The party's 372 Members of Parliament were to indicate in a secret ballot this week whether they agreed with him. Bookmakers were offering 2-to-1 odds on Thatcher to retain her position as leader of the ruling party and thus as Prime Minister. To win outright, she must receive an overall majority plus 15% more votes than any other candidate. To force a second ballot next week, Heseltine has to garner at least...
...gone, his ideas still retain a dangerous appeal, and his death will only intensify anger among those who will endow him with martyrdom. As the cries for revenge continue, support for his doctrine of hatred and segregation is likely to grow among both Israelis and Palestinians...
State Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 claimed victory last night by a margin of nearly 2-1, eclipsing Republican challenger William F. Hofmann III after a hard-fought battle to retain his Cambridge...
...after the Central Committee insisted that he stay put, he went on the offensive. Last week he announced a new and more autonomous Pravda, one that will be independently managed, will accept advertising from foreign firms and will strive harder to woo back readers. Although the paper will retain "deep ideological ties" with the party, it will be run by an independent association that will not only publish Pravda (the name means truth) and its Sunday supplement but will also develop a television program, an international edition and a string of advertising supplements...
...wait for Gorbachev's plan to fail -- an outcome Yeltsin predicted would happen within six months at most. Carrying out Shatalin's full plan in Russia was evidently doomed by Gorbachev's decision to pull back from the proposal as long as the Kremlin would retain broad authority over the money supply, spending and other central controls...