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...Race Driver Mark Thatcher, 28, the son of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the 390-vehicle Paris-to-Dakar rally lived up to its promise as "the last possible adventure in our epoch." Nine days into the harrowing 6,200-mile course, Thatcher, Co-Driver Charlotte Verney, 38, and Mechanic Jean Gamier suffered a broken axle on their Peugeot 504 and then vanished in the vast expanse of the Sahara. A search party, led by Algerian and French military planes and helicopters, crisscrossed the desert sky while trucks and Land Rovers traversed the rugged terrain. Finally, last week...
...proved anything on the domestic front, it is that appeals to compassion will do precious little to check the Reagan Administration's forays against the urban poor. It is thus a practical warning that we offer this nation's conservative leadership. When British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared war on her cities with a series of draconian policies in many ways similar to President Reagan's, the cities erupted with a wave of violence that negated any minute economic gains from her initiatives. The magnitude of the Reagan cutbacks makes that scenario all too possible here. It would be ironic...
Although the economic policies that have become known as Thatcherism and Reaganomics are now running into political difficulties in Britain and the U.S., the board members were generally sympathetic toward this type of restrictive program. The panelists said that one of the major problems faced by both governments is that the policies were oversold. Said Brittan: "What went wrong was the claim that there were going to be extremely rapid results as soon as the policies of less government intervention in the economy were installed. Neither Ronald Reagan nor Margaret Thatcher could admit that governments cannot reverse long-term historical...
...successive days, scientists sent by the Vatican met directly with President Reagan, France's Francois Mitterrand, Britain's Margaret Thatcher and, extraordinarily, the Soviet Union's Leonid Brezhnev. Carefully designed to reimpress the world's leaders with the horrific biological results of nuclear war, the mission was one more indication of the new urgency that Pope John Paul II attaches to battling the nuclear threat...
...from five to eleven, and they are learning dining etiquette. By teaching proper behavior to children all over the country, Stewart says, she is helping bring about a revolution. "We are emerging from the rude, rebellious period," maintains Stewart, who in voluminous hot-pink chiffon gown and Margaret Thatcher coiffure is something of a period piece herself. "Manners are in again. Everyone is tired of slobs...