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Ostensibly, the divisive issue is Europe. Britain has been debating its role in the European Community for decades. Thatcher, though she insists she backs such steps as monetary union and closer political cooperation, in fact does her best to delay or weaken them. Her obstructionism has produced a string of Cabinet resignations by ministers who tried to correct her course. Howe was demoted from Foreign Minister to the powerless post of deputy to Thatcher in July 1989 for pushing her to accept currency union...
DIED. William French Smith, 73, who served Ronald Reagan as a personal lawyer in California and then as U.S. Attorney General; of cancer; in Los Angeles. As Attorney General from 1981 to 1985, Smith championed efforts to weaken civil rights laws and antitrust enforcement. His most historic act: advocating the appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court...
...Originally opposed passage of gay rights bill outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation, but now says he will oppose any attempt to weaken or repeal it. Supports Equal Rights Amendment...
Jeffrey, who is the chair of the council's ad hoc committee on divestment, successfully urged members not to mention the voter turnout in the report's summary, arguing that doing so would weaken the council's pro-divestment stand...
...Kerrey declared, "No American should die in the Persian Gulf in order to hold down the price of gasoline." Impatient with the inadequacy and dithering of the budget debate, he predicted, "We will pass a budget that will reduce the deficit by $34 billion, the economy will continue to weaken, and the deficit will grow beyond $300 billion." Feather-ruffling talk...