Thatcher Victory Signals Shift in Britons and World View
The Thatcher victory marks a decisive Tory win led by Margaret Thatcher, promising a tough, reformist path. It reflects a broader shift away from welfare-state excesses, with inflation and deficits lowered, unemployment a challenge, and distant parallels drawn to U.S. conservative currents.
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Great Britain
United States
Margaret Thatcher
United Kingdom
Thatcher
Britain
Winston Churchill
Treasury
Labor Party
Labor
Italy
West Germany
NATO
Free World
U.S
British Conservatives differ starkly from U.S. GOP
William L. Rusher compares British Conservative Party and U.S. Republicans, noting Britain's conservatism sits left of the GOP and highlighting shifts under Thatcher and Reagan era parallels. He contrasts Labour’s drift left with Liberal-Social Democrat alliances and previews transatlantic impressions for future visitors.
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Helmut Kohl
Helmut Schmidt
Japan
Yasuhiro Nakasone
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Reagan
Thatcher
Britain
Labor Party
Social Democrats
Democratic Party
Washington
Summer jobs for teens show private sector gaps across cities
A Conference Board study shows New York and Houston yielded most private sector summer jobs for teens, while Cleveland Seattle Detroit and Pittsburgh placed at the bottom. Despite efforts, private campaigns reached only about 30,900 youths with jobs and 2,258 in public service, leaving overall teen unemployment near 2 million.
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Houston
Cleveland
Seattle
Conference Board
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Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Los Angeles
Miami
Omaha
Richmond
San Francisco
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington
Pork barrel politics and congressional favors in US spend
Analysis notes how lawmakers secure funding for home districts through pork barrel politics. It cites Harold Brown estimates, U S News and World Report figures, and examples involving Whitten Byrd Dixon and O Neill. The piece frames pork as a bargaining system that costs taxpayers and shapes defense and infrastructure spending.
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Inspector General probes wind readings at fatal Ft Irwin jump
The Army inspector general investigates alleged falsification of wind velocity during last year's mass paratroop jump at Ft Irwin California in which six troopers died and over 150 were injured. Sworn statements claim wind readings were ignored and a safety officer hid the truth.
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California
Ft. Irwin
82Nd Airborne Division
Army
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