News - Margaret Thatcher
Humans' ability to easily distinguish among many faces and recognize people they know goes way, way back, say researchers reporting online on June 25th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
British journalist Carol Thatcher is in hiding after receiving death threats for calling a black athlete a golliwog on a BBC One program, her agent says. The unidentified agent said the 55-year-old daughter of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fled to Switzerland following the fallout from her comments on The One Show, The Sunday Telegraph reported. I've asked the media to stop using my name as I don't want this kind of hassle.
Economists warn that key sectors of the British economy are in the midst of the worst downturn in 18 years. Dominant sectors including banks, retail and restaurants have experienced the greatest drop since Margaret Thatcher was prime minister, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday. Britain's Gross Domestic
Text of report by London-based independent newspaper Al-Quds al- Arabi website on 19 September [Editorial: "Livni is not Thatcher"] The victory of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in the contest for the leadership of the ruling Kadima Party the day before yesterday [17 September] came as no surprise.
