Word: thatcherism
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...European Community may announce new sanctions this week, following a weekend meeting outside London of the Community's twelve foreign ministers. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's stalwart stance against sanctions appears to be easing. During a visit to Washington this week, British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe is expected to inform U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz that Britain will join with the rest of the European Community to ban imports of South African coal, iron and steel. Preparations are also under way for U.S. and British officials to meet in an undisclosed location with Oliver Tambo, president...
...English Artist people were always making him out to be, but he was utterly without pretension, and his zeal for public service, as long as it did not get in the way of his work, was genuine. He was consulted by British Prime Ministers, from Anthony Eden to Margaret Thatcher, on museum and art-education policy and never failed to stand up to them on behalf of younger or less successful artists...
...L.B.J. era, reporting from Washington on events ranging from Viet Nam War protests to the Watergate scandals and the resignation of Richard Nixon. In 1977 Angelo was named London bureau chief, a job she held for the next 7 1/2 years, through the political emergence of Margaret Thatcher, the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, and the Falklands war. Despite her fascination with Britain, Angelo, who has reported stories from 60 countries, says she arrived in New York "with wide eyes and great excitement...
...longer. Peter Wright, a disgruntled former deputy director of MI5, Britain's counterintelligence agency, has angered officials as high as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by planning to publish a book that alleges that MI5 engaged in some less-than-savory operations...
...Thatcher government has obtained legal rulings barring the entire British media from publicizing excerpts from the book. In addition, Britain is pursuing a civil suit in Australia, Wright's home since 1976, to prevent a subsidiary of the British publishing house Heinemann from issuing the book there. The government argues that publication could cause a loss of confidence in MI5's "ability to protect classified information...