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...task force is continuing to investigate the theft together with cantonal police and the Federal Criminal Police," Zurich police spokesman Marco Cortesi said in a statement. "Links with other art thefts both in Switzerland and abroad are being looked into...
...elected last week not so much because of specific policies as because of her atti tudes. Britons at this point seem to care more about having a strong leader than about exactly where they are led. But that can change. During her second term, the Prime Minister's task will be to prove that her policies are as winning as her style...
...however, Thatcher will concentrate on what she sees as her main task: transforming the nation's economy and attitude toward work. She is fond of calling for a return to "Victorian values," by which she means the virtues of thrift and self-reliance, hard work and sense of duty. (In an inspired bit of parody, the liberal New Statesman illustrated a special issue on the subject with a photomontage of Thatcher as Queen Victoria.) As Peregrine Worsthorne, associate editor of the conservative Sunday Telegraph, puts it, Thatcher "is as ignorantly contemptuous of the so-called values of the idle rich...
...crime, a chilling execution carried out in a typical suburban school - allegedly by a boy who probably hasn't started shaving - has shocked Oxnard and captured the attention of gay and transgender activists around the country. On Friday, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force released a statement saying, in part, "Our hearts go out to Lawrence's family - and to all young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender kids who are - right now, right this minute - being bullied and beaten in school while adults look the other way." Another group, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) called...
...while King's short life and violent death are surpassingly sad, it's not clear that officials at E.O. Green Junior High, his school, "looked the other way." What's more, the task force is exaggerating the frequency of assaults on gay kids, the vast majority of whom make it through school safe and happy...