Word: thatcherism
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Rarely has the "secret war" been waged so publicly. First the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced the defection of London KGB Station Chief Oleg Gordievsky and demanded the departure of 25 alleged Soviet agents. Two days later Moscow ordered an equal number of British subjects out of the country. Early last week London upped the ante by expelling six more Soviets. Within 48 hours, Moscow sent half a dozen Britons packing. At that point, London called it quits after a diplomatic test of nerves that had lasted more than a week and resulted in the expulsion...
...British officials, who had expected only token reprisals. Last week in London, the Foreign Office summoned Soviet Charge d'Affaires Lev Parshin, denounced the expulsions as "an unwarranted victimization of innocent people" and demanded the departure of six more Soviets. After Moscow matched the new expulsions man for man, Thatcher said that Britain would make "no further response." The British expulsions, she asserted, had "eliminated the core of the subversives." Declared Thatcher: "This shows the Soviet Union in a pretty poor light. They were caught red-handed and are now red-faced...
...rampaging youths, mostly black, had reduced part of Birmingham's Lozells Road area to rubble. Two men died in the disturbances, 80 policemen, firemen and residents were injured, and more than 50 homes and stores were left in ruins. Police made 190 arrests. "Utterly appalling," declared Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher...
...seeking to explain the outbreak, some analysts pointed to the area's economic distress. Unemployment in Handsworth, for instance, stands at 36%, nearly three times the national average. Yet even the Labor Party opposition was reluctant to ascribe the rampage purely to economic conditions, and Thatcher, for her part, rejected the notion outright. She denounced those who blamed the riot on unemployment as "Moaning Minnies...
...Whitney survey of maintenance reports concerning JT8D engines, ordered last week by the FAA, are expected to be announced this week. Pratt & Whitney officials issued a statement last week warning aircraft operators to inspect all such engines, particularly the combustion chambers. At the same time, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who flew home from vacation in Austria and immediately visited the disaster site, ordered a "rigorous inquiry" into the explosion. Government investigators are predicting that the probe could take up to 18 months...