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...tears if the network were to meet that fate. Channel 4's news and public affairs programs often seem calculated to rock the boat. A series called Opinions gives a public figure 30-min. of airtime each week to expound on a controversial topic (Germaine Greer on Margaret Thatcher, Edward Teller on nuclear defense). Channel 4's 50-min. nightly newscast skips crime reports and the doings of royalty in favor of probing political analyses and stories on business, science and the arts. A 1985 documentary touched off a political scandal when it revealed that MI5, Britain's counterintelligence agency...
...that enjoyed both fixed commissions and an oligopolistic grip on various financial functions. Until Big Bang occurs, for example, only six firms are allowed to act as jobbers in British Treasury bonds, known locally as gilts. This comfortable arrangement, however, did not sit well with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who feared that London was losing ground to low-cost, high-volume centers like Wall Street. In 1983 her aides negotiated the ground rules for deregulation in the hope of turning the Exchange into a magnet for international investment. That goal fits handily with the increasingly round-the-clock nature...
...Monday night it was clear that the two sides were still far apart, and the leaders returned to the conference room at 9 p.m. to put the finishing touches on their communique. All but Thatcher stated their support for the stronger package of sanctions and expressed "concern and regret" that Britain had not agreed. At a midnight press conference, Thatcher called the summit result "reasonable for all concerned." Her Commonwealth colleagues were less effusive. Said Gandhi: "It's not the Commonwealth that loses; Britain loses. It is not leading anymore." Pindling likened Thatcher's stance to that of a would...
Britain's "Iron Lady" was on the mend last week. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher underwent an hourlong operation on her right hand to correct Dupuytren's contracture, a condition in which her pinky was drawn toward the palm. If left untreated, the ailment can cause deformity and loss of use of the hand...
...Thatcher, who had surgery for a detached retina in 1983, remains in vigorous overall health. Within hours of the operation she was studying government papers. Said one aide: "Anyone who thinks she'll cut down her work load doesn't know Margaret Thatcher...