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...their constituents' discontent over unemployment, bankruptcies and shuttered businesses. Indeed, there is already speculation about Thatcher's political survival if economic conditions show no signs of improvement by next year. Labor M.P. Phillip Whitehead cites a British political rule of thumb: "The Labor Party always talks about getting rid of its leaders, but never does. The Tory Party never talks about getting rid of theirs?but does it." How could a coup against a leader with a 43-seat majority be brought off? One senior minister sketches a simple scenario: "If, after another year to 15 months, there...

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

...Conservative government! It's our realistic policy of saying, "You're responsible for what goes on in your factory, and if you get it wrong, you can carry the can. Don't come to government to bail you out." [The unions] are now getting rid of some of their own militants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Thatcher | 2/16/1981 | See Source »

...could get rid of some of the variation between courses it would improve the (grading) process a bit," Whitla added, explaining that professors are informed if their average grades are higher than usual by a positive "course grading index" (CGI) and lower by a negative...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Faculty Gets Grading Studies | 2/13/1981 | See Source »

EVERY four years a new batch of campaign promises to cut government spending and rid the land of federal bureaucratic red tape, mismanagement, and fraud bubble up and cover the nation in a sea of righteous froth, often just hot, soapy air but occasionally bringing forth such tangible changes as the current Proposition...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: In the Public Eye | 2/11/1981 | See Source »

...political independence gained after nearly 200 years of colonial experience has not rid India of cultural imperialism. Though far more subtly than the historical invasions of the subcontinent, a new wave, affecting the social and political conditions of the nation, has much more insidious repercussions on the country's social and political development...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: Under Western Eyes | 2/7/1981 | See Source »

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