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...government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Kinnock's bandwagon rolled over three party heavyweights: the center-right's Roy Hattersley, 50, Leftist Veteran Eric Heffer, 61, and Peter Shore, 59, a moderate spokesman on economic affairs. The battle for the deputy leader's post proved much sharper. With Kinnock's tacit support, Hattersley defeated Leftist Michael Meacher, 43, thereby establishing what party faithful called "the dream ticket," a combination that seemed to bridge the deep left-right fissures that have plagued Labor...
...seriousness of the World War II era. Today the Beatles' cunning collages piece together scraps of tension between the generations, the loneliness of the dislocated '60s, and the bitter sweets of young love in any age. At the same time, their sensitivity to the absurd is sharper than ever...
...Kenneth Green: "We hope we have helped women in broadcasting." The case took on a symbolic importance for women's groups, who contributed to help Craft pay her attorney, Dennis Egan. Said Christine Lund, 39, an anchor at Los Angeles' KABC: "This proves that the public is sharper than I ever thought. The case may be appealed, but you cannot unring this bell...
Local rates have been artificially low for years because state and federal regulators have required Ma Bell to use revenues from long-distance tolls to subsidize basic phone service. But in order to encourage sharper competition among AT&T and such new rivals as MCI and GTE Sprint, the FCC decided to do away with inflated long-distance rates. The agency ruled that when AT&T spins off its regional operating companies on New Year's Day, it will stop paying local subsidies, which now amount to about $10.7 billion. The new $2-a-month local charge is intended...
...press conference questioning last week of Ronald Reagan, polite but persistent, surprised even the journalists themselves. William Safire called it the "tensest" Reagan conference so far. The controversy over Jimmy Carter's briefing book may soon fade, but the sharper questioning suggests a changing attitude in the press. Antagonism between the President and the press corps has been at its lowest level in 20 years. The civility has been welcome, but has the public interest been served? Lou Cannon, White House correspondent of the Washington Post and author of a first-rate biography of Ronald Reagan, says, "I think...