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Thatcher, even in death, divides world opinion
Combative and determined to get her way, Margaret Thatcher divided opinion down the middle in life — and in death. Many leaders lauded Thatcher for her steely determination to modernize Britain's industrial landscape, even at the cost of strikes...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Imperial and Royal Matters, Labor Legislation, National Government, Politics
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Margaret Thatcher: Global reactions to passing of 'Iron Lady'
Political leaders past and present reacted Monday to the death of Margaret Thatcher, the former prime minister of Britain, by spotlighting different parts of her global legacy. For some, their careful or brazen words reflected the sharp disagreements...
Tags: South Africa, European Parliament, Politics, Government, Gerry Adams
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Former British Prime Minister dies at 87
LONDON (AP) — Love her or loathe her, one thing's beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady who ruled for 11 remarkable years imposed her will on a fractious, rundown nation — breaking the unions, triumphing in a...
Tags: National Government, Politics, International Monetary Fund, BBC, British Airways Plc
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'The Walking Dead': David Morrissey on the Governor and Elvis
David Morrissey has cast a wide shadow over "The Walking Dead" in its third season as the much anticipated villainous leader known as the Governor. While the character is a sinister presence with a black eye patch and a closet full of zombie heads,...
Tags: Gordon Brown, Television, Politics, Photography, Russell T. Davies
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Burning questions linger for ex-flames in 'Skylight'
When old lovers get together — perchance you know whereof I speak — a variety of dangerous impulses float through the air. There is the pull of nostalgic memory: If the love affair is really long ago, it can represent one's youth as much as...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Celebrities, Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, Philosophy
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'Downton Abbey': Dan Stevens talks 'Downton' parody videos and more
Editor's note: This interview was conducted in Britain last summer, before the fate of Stevens' character was known. Dan Stevens was a virtual unknown before "Downton Abbey" premiered on PBS two years ago. But between the launch of the series and the...
Tags: PBS (tv network), Twitter, Inc., Cornwall, Social Media, Downton Abbey (tv program)
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Palestinians protest detention of hunger strikers by Israel
RAMALLAH, West Bank –- Amid increasingly volatile protests around the West Bank, Palestinian and international leaders are pressuring Israel to release four Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strikes for several months in protest...
Tags: Palestinian National Authority, Prisons, Police Arrests, Politics, European Union
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God is no Yeti: a rumination on religion
Several times, reading the comments beneath an online article about religion, I've come upon remarks along the lines of: "Really? A magic being in the sky?" Terry Eagleton, in "Reason, Faith, and Revolution," refers to this pseudo-critique as the Yeti...
Tags: Belief and Faith, Christianity, Malcolm Gladwell, Genesis (music group), Separation of Church and State
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Column: The Scarecrow didn't get much
In "The Wizard of Oz" movie, it's easy to think that the Wizard, that lovable charlatan, has worked some real magic in the end. The Tin Man gets his heart, the Cowardly Lion gets his courage, and the Scarecrow gets — well, what exactly does he...Tags: Pearson Plc, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Religion and Belief, Philosophy
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Commencement speakers: the rude, the unfunny and the insightful
Commencement season is the college equivalent of the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Institutions from the Ivy League to the local community college scramble to lure the shiniest star they can to their podiums on graduation day. And the match-ups...
Tags: Olympia J. Snowe, Lindsay Lohan, Politics, West Point, Democratic Party
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A Romney White House would be a return to what Reagan started 30 years ago
"Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that, you know, Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not." That was Barack Obama in 2008. And he was right. Reagan was an ideological inflection point, ending a 50-year...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Employment Opportunities, Politics
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Qatari emir visits Gaza Strip in sign of support
World NowPalestinians in Gaza Strip rolled out the red carpet for Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, the first foreign head of state to visit the besieged seaside territory since it was taken over by the Islamist militant group Hamas in 2007....
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