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Committed to ties with both the U.S. and Europe, but without any special affection for either, Thatcher in effect is something of a "British Gaullist." She would like to move away from European economic and monetary union but toward a single foreign and defense policy for the European Community. Although Thatcher is personally a strong backer of Israel, Tory policy is likely to be more pro-Arab than under Callaghan. There are also strong indications that Thatcher will promptly authorize the sale of 250 or so Harrier jet fighters to China, a move that will both outrage the Soviets...
...mentor," brilliant, brooding Sir Keith Joseph, 61, proved too controversial to be kept too close to her side. A cerebral, Oxford-educated Jewish businessman, Joseph more than anyone else has been responsible for the Tories' monetarist vision of an unfettered economy. Joseph has been accused of insensitivity toward the poor-he once claimed that what Britain needed was "more millionaires and more bankrupts"-and even some Tories characterize him as a "mad monk." Sir Keith readily admits the failings that have made him a bogeyman to the left. "I know I have a first-class mind," he once said...
...Treasury, in effect, director of the budget. Thatcher's one concession to the moderates on the economic front: confirming James Prior, 51, as Employment Secretary. A ruddy Suffolk farmer and most prominent of the so-called Tory social democrats, Prior has carefully tried to build "bridges toward the unions...
...what the stations sold during the same month of 1978. Last week Texaco, Sun oil, Union and Exxon tightened their allocations still further, in the case of Exxon to 80% of the 1978 level. Thus, as summer progresses, drivers will find it increasingly difficult to buy gas toward the end of each month as service stations...
What in the world can he find to be hopeful about? As it turns out, almost everything. Most simply, Thomas argues that the overwhelming tendency in nature is toward symbiosis, union, harmony. The post-Darwinian view of life as a constant, murderous struggle, Tennyson's personification of nature "red in tooth and claw," do not match the facts that Thomas has seen. Even what looks like random slaughter may be the opposite...