Word: winstone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Melville who reported on the election's foreign, defense and economic is sues agrees. In talking to ministers and senior officials, I was struck by the extraordinary dominance Thatcher has established in almost every area of government. Her writ runs supreme like that of no Prime Minister since Winston Churchill...
...Council on Foreign Relations considered 68 candidates, including Leslie Gelb, the national-security correspondent for the New York Times, and Stephen Rosenfeld, the Washington Post's deputy editorial-page editor. Both withdrew. The runner-up: James Chace, the magazine's managing editor since 1970. Said Winston Lord, president of the Council on Foreign Relations: "Hyland has outstanding experience, intellect and objectivity...
Both opposition blocs seemed intent on throwing all their ammunition into a frantic final effort to slow the Thatcher juggernaut. Deputy Labor Party Leader Denis Winston Healey launched a merciless, near hysterical attack on Thatcher for her leadership during the Falklands war. Speaking of "this Prime Minister who glories in slaughter," he accused Thatcher "of wrapping herself in the Union Jack and exploiting our soldiers, sailors and airmen." The outburst stunned even the opposition. Replied Conservative Party Chairman Cecil Parkinson: "This must win the prize for the most contemptible statement of the election campaign." Thatcher declared that Healey...
Currently at Joseph Papp's Public Theater, Fen is the third of British Playwright Caryl Churchill's plays to be presented in New York. "Infinitely distantly" related to Winston, Churchill, 44, is a no-nonsense feminist whose convictions are firm without being strident. She is the mother of three boys, ages 20, 18 and 13, and her barrister husband tended them for stretches so that she could write. She possesses a startling imagination, and her way with words ranges from the stark to the lyrical...
Children report that using the electronic Academic American is both effortless and more fun than studying printed volumes. To look up the life of Winston Churchill, for example, a student first types in a few words to make contact with the computer and hook up to the encyclopedia service. He or she then begins an electronic search. If just the word Churchill is typed, a choice of eight items is given, from Churchill River in Newfoundland to Sir Winston. After selecting Sir Winston, the student is offered six sections of an article about different phases of Churchill's life...