Word: terme
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Although Hammer has been accused of inflating his role in some events, on its own terms his is a fascinating story. There are peephole glimpses at the famous (he bargained with the Shah of Iran, visited with Jean Paul Getty and oversaw the sale of William Randolph Hearst's fabled art collection) and family tragedies, including a jail term for his Communist father, his own messy divorces, and manslaughter charges deflected by his son, who pleaded self-defense. In blunt and trenchantly funny prose, Hammer portrays himself as a bumbling breeder of prize cattle, an accidental oil millionaire -- yet, always...
...costly welfare state in which labor- management relations were mired in class conflict and industry was aging and inefficient. Since then, Thatcher has transformed Britain more dramatically than any Prime Minister since Clement Attlee, who presided over the creation of the welfare state in the late 1940s. Her third term is likely to be an extension of the Thatcher revolution. Since Britain began pulling out of the recession in 1981, the economy has grown at an annual rate of around 3%, and annual productivity is growing 3.5%, not far behind Japan's 4%. Inflation is down to 3.5% from...
...result of Thatcher's efforts, union membership has fallen by one-quarter, to 9 million, and strikes are at a 50- year low. The number of workdays lost to labor disputes has declined from 29.5 million in 1979 to a mere 1.9 million last year. In her third term Thatcher plans legislation to further curb the power of the unions...
Over the past eight years the British have learned to take seriously something Thatcher says about herself: "If you want someone weak, you don't want me." Indeed, she is often compared to a hectoring nanny. Although some voters hope her newly won third term will be her last hurrah, she insists that "I have no wish to retire for a very long time. I am still bursting with energy...
...herself and Husband Denis, 72, a retired businessman and avid golfer. Thatcher's own favorite recreation appears to be reading briefing papers. She has groomed no obvious successor among the Tories, and remarked early in the campaign that she might "go on and on," perhaps seeking a fourth term. "What would she do if she weren't Prime Minister?" asks Tory Chairman Tebbit. "One doesn't see her retiring to gardening or making marmalade." One does...