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| | Margaret Thatcher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. | | | Thatcher also continued the policy of "Ulsterisation" of the previous Labour government and its Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Roy Mason, believing that the unionists of Northern Ireland should be at the forefront in combating Irish republicanism. | | | Thatcher announced to her cabinet that she would not be a candidate in the second ballot, thereby bringing her term of office to an end. |
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| | Margaret Thatcher |
| | Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to serve as prime minister of the United Kingdom. | | | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, (1925- ), first woman to hold the office of prime minister of the United Kingdom (1979-1990). | | | Victorious in the June 1987 elections, she became the first British prime minister in the 20th century to serve three consecutive terms. |
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| | Margaret Thatcher |
| | Thatcher was returned to power for a third time when she won the 1987 General Election with a majority of 102 seats. | | | Margaret Roberts, the daughter of a grocer, was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, on 13th October, 1925. | | | On 28th November, 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister and was replaced by John Major. |
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| | Margaret Thatcher |
| | Margaret Hilda Thatcher was born October 13, 1925, the daughter of a grocer who was active in local politics as borough councilor, alderman and mayor of Grantham. | | | Lady Thatcher’s first ministerial appointment came in 1961, when she became a parliamentary Secretary to the then Minister of Pensions and National Insurance, remaining in this position until the change of Government in 1964. | | | She was appointed First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service on May 4, 1979, following the success of the Conservative Party in the general election the previous day. |
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| | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher, Baroness on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Elected to Parliament as a Conservative in 1959, she held junior ministerial posts (1961-64) before serving (1970-74) as secretary of state for education and science in Edward Heath 's cabinet. | | | Thatcher praises war on terrorism, leaders' `iron will'; The former British prime minister spoke to a Minneapolis audience.(NEWS) | | | After leading the Conservatives to an electoral victory in 1979, Thatcher became prime minister. |
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| | British Prime Ministers: Thatcher, Margaret (1925-) |
| | She was joint parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (1961-64) and secretary of state for education and science (only the second woman ever to become a Conservative cabinet minister) under Prime Minister Edward Heath (1970-74). | | | The electorate's memories of Thatcher's decisive leadership during the Falklands conflict helped give her a landslide victory in the general elections of June 1983. | | | Abroad, Thatcher presided over the orderly establishment of an independent Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) in 1980 after 15 years of illegal separation from British colonial rule under a white minority. |
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| | Booknotes |
| | THATCHER: We were married in 1951 -- 42 years. | | | LAMB: This isn't politics, but let me read to you something that is in the book: "Being prime minister is a lonely job. | | | LAMB: The thing that I picked up, though -- and I wrote this down -- "British prime ministers have never accepted challenges to election debates of this kind." Did you ever debate during a campaign? |
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| | Literary Encyclopedia: Margaret Thatcher |
| | She served as a shadow minister in Harold Macmillan’s administration from 1964 to 1970, and from 1970 to 1974, she served as Secretary of State for Education under Prime Minister Edward Heath. | | | He fell behind Thatcher in the first round of voting and subsequently resigned. | | | In May 1979, the Conservatives won the General Election and Margaret Thatcher became prime minister. |
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| | Margaret Thatcher - Uncyclopedia |
| | Margaret Thatcher was recently voted as the 'Sexiest Lady in Politics' by For Helm Magazine. | | | Born in an orphanage located in New Delhi, India, it is widely believed Maragaret Adelaine Thatcher had an unbelievably boring childhood. | | | She was born on the planet Melmac, and spent most of her childhood stuck in a peat bog. |
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| | BBC ON THIS DAY 22 1990: Thatcher quits as prime minister |
| | Margaret Thatcher is to stand down as prime minister after her Cabinet refused to back her in a second round of leadership elections. | | | John Major succeeded as Tory leader five days after Mrs Thatcher's resignation. | | | Tory Party Chairman Kenneth Baker said it was a typically brave and selfless decision from the prime minister. |
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| | She held junior posts before becoming shadow spokesperson for Education, and entered the Cabinet as Education Secretary in 1970. | | | Her long-serving Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe resigned in November 1990 in protest at Thatcher's attitude to Europe. | | | She also became president of the university Conservative association. |
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| | Amazon.com: Thatcher and Thatcherism (Making of the Contemporary World): Books: Eric J. Evans |
| | The Free Economy and the Strong State: The Politics of Thatcherism by Andrew Gamble in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3) | | | by Eric J. Evans "Margaret Thatcher is an extraordinary phenomenon..." (more) | | | Subjects > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > U.K. Prime Ministers > Thatcher, Margaret |
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| | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Thatcher, Margaret Hilda |
| | She was leader of the Conservative Party from 1975, and in 1979 she became Britain's first female prime minister, serving three terms in office. | | | Margaret Thatcher was born in Grantham, the daughter of a grocer, and studied chemistry at Oxford University before becoming a barrister. | | | Thatcher was born in 1925, and was educated at Somerville College, Oxford, where she read chemistry. |
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| | TIME 100: Margaret Thatcher |
| | KYNDELL THOMPSON/AP Thatcher smiles before her commencement address at the College of William and Mary in 1997 | | | The daughter of a Grantham shopkeeper, she studied on scholarship, worked her way to Oxford and took two degrees, in chemistry and law. | | | She was the catalyst who set in motion a series of interconnected events that gave a revolutionary twist to the century's last two decades and helped mankind end the millennium on a note of hope and confidence. |
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| | Jessica Manning English 9/29 p 4 Margaret Thatcher Stating, “I’m extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end,” Margaret Thatcher entered her administration as Britain’s Prime Minister with that end in mind. | | | Believing that Great Britain’s failing political, social, and economic state could be resolved by advocating more individual independence from the state and ending government interference with the economy, she became head of Britain’s Conservative Party as a newly emerging right wing ‘Dry’. | | | Attending college at Oxford, Margaret Thatcher chaired the school’s Conservative Association. |
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| | CNN.com - Thatcher: 'Reagan's life was providential' - Jun 11, 2004 |
| | Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was among the eulogists at Friday's ceremony. | | | (CNN) -- The following is a transcript of a eulogy, prerecorded by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, played Friday at Ronald Reagan's funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington: | | | Ronald Reagan's casket is carried into National Cathedral. |
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| | Margaret Thatcher Quotes - Famous Quotes Famous Sayings |
| | --Margaret Thatcher Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. | | | These quotes were contributed and attributed by members of the Famous Quotes and Famous Sayings Network by posting to The Famous Quotes Mailing List. | | | --Margaret Thatcher Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by traffic from both sides. |
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| | Quoteland :: Quotations by Author |
| | Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. | | | It is our duty to look after ourselves and then, also, to look after our neighbours. | | | -Margaret Thatcher, interview (published October 31 1987), "Woman's Own", September 23, 1987 |
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| | Myrna Blyth on Margaret Thatcher on National Review Online |
| | This month is the 25th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher's becoming Britain's first female prime minister. | | | When America elects its first female president I have no doubt she will be in the Thatcher mold. | | | It was just after the brief two-for-the-price-of-one Clinton presidency when Hillary had made, as Thatcher's countrymen might say, "a right muddle" of her health-care initiative. |
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| | Forbes.com: Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World 2004 |
| | Serving from 1979 to 1990, Thatcher was the longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827. | | | Country: U.K. Thatcher, 78, became the first woman in history to be elected prime minister of a European country. | | | England's "Iron Lady," along with her friend Ronald Reagan, helped usher in the collapse of the Soviet Union and pushed for a worldwide embrace of free markets. |
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| | Margaret Thatcher - SourceWatch |
| | Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, when she was sacked by her own Conservative Party and replaced with John Major. | | | She was a close ally of Ronald Reagan. |
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| | Technorati Tag: margaret thatcher |
| | Two Worn-Out Diplomats, One Fold-Out Bed By Maureen Dowd The New York Times I'm just back from London, where the Brits were fascinated with the Condi... | | | It stars Hugo Weaving, known for playing elven lords and computer... | | | The Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher, predicted in 1974 - "It will be years -- not in my time -- before a woman will become Prime Minister."... |
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| | Margaret Thatcher: Britain's Prime Minister |
| | Margaret Thatcher was the first women Prime Minister of Britain. | | | My webpage is on Margaret Thatcher because we had to do our webpage on a famous leader and Margaret Thatcher seemed like someone with the characteristics of a leader. | | | Welcome to my webpage on the famous leader Margaret Thatcher. |
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| | Margaret Thatcher Quotes - The Quotations Page |
| | Margaret Thatcher, interview with Barbara Walters on ABC-TV, March 18, 1987 | | | To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. |
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| | Margaret Thatcher - Wikiquote |
| | Statement to the press on the birth of her first grandchild. | | | Note: This quote is often cited out of context as proof of the unfeeling lean of Thatcher's government. | | | According to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, source: Telegraph News: Thatcher's foot stamping fury, by Kohl (03/11/2005) |
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| | Maggie's Dead (Margaret Thatcher) |
| | Their website says; "the musical will be will be an irreverent romp through the life and times of Margaret Thatcher and her Government. | | | True Blue aims to appeal to an audience not necessarily familiar with the 1970s and '80s which was one reason a young cast was selected to workshop the four scenes. | | | The other mucical about Thatcher is called 'True Blue'and is being performed in South London by F and M Publications. |
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| | BBC - BBC Four - Audio Interviews - Margaret Thatcher |
| | The only British prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms and Europe's first woman prime minister, Margaret Thatcher worked to move the British economy from statism to liberalism. | | | You will need RealPlayer to access these clips. | | | BBC - BBC Four - Audio Interviews - Margaret Thatcher |
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| | Talk:Margaret Thatcher - Voyager, the free encyclopedia |
| | Look for Margaret Thatcher in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project. | | | If you have created this page in the past few minutes and it has not yet appeared, it may not be visible due to a delay in updating the database. | | | Start the Margaret Thatcher article or put up a request for it. |
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