Word: thatcherism
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Though she no longer commands the spotlight at 10 Downing Street, Margaret Thatcher expects to remain visible on the world stage for years to come. "Life begins at 65, and I shall be working for the future," said Thatcher, who will continue to represent her London constituency of Finchley...
Among the options Thatcher is considering are accepting invitations to lecture in the U.S., Europe and Japan; writing her memoirs; and founding her own political think tank. A Thatcher foundation would not lack funds, since her memoirs could fetch as much as $8 million, plus an additional $2 million for serialization rights. "I am sure it would command one of the highest prices ever paid for a political memoir," says Lynn Nesbit, a literary agent based in Manhattan who counts Jimmy Carter among her clients. Other publishing insiders even suggest that Thatcher's autobiography would fare better...
...Thatcher's new home is a five-bedroom, neo-Georgian house in the suburb of Dulwich, about four miles from central London. Thatcher's daughter Carol predicts that her mother "will suffer decompression" out of office. When, for example, Carol reminded her parent that she had not set foot in a supermarket in nearly 12 years, Thatcher replied, "Of course I have. I have opened enough of them...
...conferences linked in the off-hours by phone, fax and video; an army of bureaucrats below constantly moving around the network with plans and ideas. But a number of people wonder if the leaders are traveling a bit too much for their own good. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's tenuous hold on her job may have finally loosened while she was in Paris. Gorbachev's junketing, while helping him become the toast of the world, has not halted the erosion of his position at home. Old hands at this game, like former Secretary of State Dean Rusk, have warned...
WORLD: Facing a Tory revolt, Britain's Margaret Thatcher gracefully steps aside as Prime Minister...