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...Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a Pulitzer Prize-winning professor at the University of New Hampshire who specializes in American History before 1820 accepted a joint tenure in history and women's studies...
DIED. HAROLD WILSON, 79, former British Prime Minister; in London. Wilson came to power in 1964, occupying No. 10 Downing Street for seven years, longer than any other 20th century peacetime premier except Margaret Thatcher. The silver-haired Labour Party leader was known for his pipe, raincoat and Yorkshire accent. Among his legacies: the 1967 devaluation of the pound to rescue a declining economy, the 1975 referendum that committed Britain to E.C. membership, and his recommendation of the Beatles for knighthood...
...intervals between eruptions along the big faults are measured in centuries, whereas the secondary cracks ``may only slip in a big earthquake every 1,000 to 5,000 years,'' notes seismologist Wayne Thatcher of the U.S. Geological Survey. ``Yet there are so damn many of them that they pose a seismic hazard equivalent to the Big One we've all been so focused on.'' Seismologists also point out that quakes could endanger places where citizens have rarely thought about them: Seattle, for instance, which sits close to a fault under the Pacific that seismologists now conclude has triggered major quakes...
...offensive that Barbara Bush didn't use it but said that what Geraldine Ferraro was 'rhymes with rich.' " Defined by Webster as "the female of the dog, a lewd or immoral woman," it is uttered -- but usually only in private -- about such strong women as Margaret Thatcher, Jeane Kirkpatrick and Roseanne. Colorado Representative Pat Schroeder, who pressed for an investigation of Tailhook, says she has been called the "Wicked Bitch of the West" for her trouble. T shirts trumpeting 1,952 Bulldogs and 1 Bitch greeted Shannon Faulkner when she enrolled at the all-male Citadel, where the mascot...
...Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton tied with Mother Teresa as the woman most admired by Americans, a CNN/USA Today poll of 1,016 American finds. The second most admired man is another controversial Democrat and lately a successful international peace maker: former President Jimmy Carter. Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, former first lady Barbara Bush and talk show host Oprah Winfrey occupy third, fourth, and fifth place as the people Americans admire most...