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    know the longest serving Prime Minister of United Kingdom is a woman. She is Margaret Thatcher who served for 11 years as a head of government. She entered the office in 1979 until 1990. She was a great Prime Minister and her leadership acknowledged by many political scientists, economist, politician and Captain Yuri Gavrilov of Soviet Union called her The Iron Lady. The best film about the greatness of Baroness Thatcher is her biography film, The Iron Lady. In this film, we shall learn many economic

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    Change is inevitable, especially in the world where technology is developing continuously and economy is altering rapidly. Change has been defined as the omnipresence and permeation of all aspect of our lives through involvement in the workplace, in home, in how we conducting the community connections and engaging with others in society (Dawson and Andriopoulos, 2014). Organizations are tested to push into new projects and advance their performances. These days, maintainable success relies on upon

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    influenced by Thatcher? For many voters in the second half of the twentieth century, the Labour and Conservative parties were viewed as diametrically opposed, in terms of their policy, supporters and sympathies. During the Thatcher government, the Conservatives departed from the Keynesian post-war consensus, embracing neoliberal economics. Thatcherism has been described as “an ideological project, a vehicle which advanced a post-social democratic neo-liberal policy agenda.” . Margaret Thatcher embraced

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    In Margaret Thatcher’s eulogy to her dear friend and coworker, she sympathizes over the death of former United States president, Ronald Reagan. Throughout her speech to the American people, Thatcher creates an admiring atmosphere, appeals to both ethos and pathos, and develops the strategy of anaphora all while remembering the beloved man. Thatcher begins her speech by making it clear that America had lost someone worth admiring. She had known Reagan closely and recognized the value of her “dear

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    and the Civil Disobedience Which Elicited Such Former prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, had the opinion “To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects”. Without a general consensus, the people were left feeling oppressed by the localized taxation. The Poll Tax Riot ended the British poll tax and Margaret Thatcher's term as prime minister through riots and refusals, subsequently

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    Combo from the film was one of them. He and his gang was furious of Margaret Thatcher reign, and it went out on all the innocent immigrants. The bad conditions effected all parts of the society. It created dangerous subcultures, crime and poverty. Like I mentioned, combo hated the fact that immigrants worked in his country. A

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    POLITICS and Fashion Politics in the 1980s was pivotal in directing fashion. The decade spanned seeing the first female prime minister Margaret Thatcher in the UK, women emphasizing more on issues such as abortion, sexuality and women’s rights, and ‘The 300 Group’ being formed to campaign for women to be equally represented in parliament. https://www.bl.uk/sisterhood/timeline. This caused the ‘Power Suit’, revitalized by designers such as Thierry Mugler through intricate designs of a tight skirt

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    of scenes where the process of negotiation happens. The main character, which is Margaret Thatcher, played by Meryl Streep shows how negotiation method is used in order to settle the nation’s issues or to reach an agreement regarding certain matter. Apart from Lady Thatcher, the other characters in this film also show a great image of how to negotiate while presenting their proposals to be accepted. Margaret Thatcher is portrayed as a firm and stubborn Prime Minister in which

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    Thank You For Your Service Margaret Thatcher became the first female to hold the position of British prime minister in 1979. While her time in office was controversial, those who loved or hated her agreed on one thing: she gave women in politics hopes of succeeding. The former British prime minister once remarked, “[i]n politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.” William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew focuses on two sisters, Katherina and Bianca

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    The controversial question about whether Margaret Thatcher was a feminist or not is still a hot topic. The many different views and perspectives of Margaret Thatcher’s involvement in feminism has raised many questions among historians and writers. As Margaret Thatcher famously said “In politics, if you want anything said ask a man, if you want anything done ask a woman.” She evoked a wide range of opinions, which led to her being categorised as a feminist or as being opposed to it. The many actions

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