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...Another may be that the British armed forces are relatively small, compared with the American (316,400 vs. 2,032,000) and thus easier to manage. The British services also draw on a more homogeneous society than the American, Finally, British military morale has improved since Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government pushed through a 32% pay raise for the armed forces last spring. British servicemen are now generally paid the same as civilians in comparable jobs; their American counterparts still lag far behind...
...swaying in side winds. The low weight and sophisticated design come at the expense of lateral stability. "We've got a long way to go." Concedes a BL official. Another problem could be inadequate development funds. Officials of the state-owned company are afraid that Prim Minister Margaret Thatcher, all too mindful of past government-sponsored white elephants like the Concorde, which has cost Britain and France $9 billion, will not provide money to continue testing. Engineers claim that without further government subsidies, the company may forfeit its lead in developing the first gas-stingy wonder car to Volkswagen...
...sure, France was not the only country to raise worries in Washington about the common purposes of the Western alliance. In Britain, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, regarded as America's staunchest supporter in Europe, was forced to back away from a vital part of a European Community agreement reached in Naples last week, which supported the U.S. call for economic sanctions against Iran...
Even if the charge were true, that would not explain why Giscard failed to consult with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, his closest friend among the leaders of the alliance. Not until a few hours before he took off for Warsaw did Giscard telephone Schmidt. (Thatcher and Carter, by contrast, received laconic messages.) "The conversation was not warm," reported a chancellery aide Added a Foreign Ministry official: "We were hoodwinked...
Speaking to a jubilant House of Commons, Mrs. Thatcher expressed the hope that "the way this operation was carried out will have an effect on the future position of American hostages in Iran." She noted pointedly, in reply to a message from Iranian President Abolhassan Banisadr, that it was the responsibility of "each and every government to look after the safety of diplomats on their territory...