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  • US politics, is promising to honour the woman she calls the Iron Lady by visiting Britain to see

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Now, with the U.K. mired in a deep recession, Mr. Cameron may have to take the ax to public spending just like the Iron Lady did three decades ago.

    A Tory Star Rises as Threat to Brown 2009

  • Even if he had picked one of these capable women to be his Iron Lady, she too would need a narrative from which to work.

    Derek Shearer: After The Stimulus: It's Time for a New Foundation 2009

  • Harper's aide Dimitri Soudas had also reportedly started preparing an official statement to eulogize the Iron Lady.

    Margaret Thatcher 'Not Dead' 2009

  • When, in the fullness of time, the eulogies to the Iron Lady appear, let us not forget that she had the opportunity of privatising the BBC - but didn't.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • When, in the fullness of time, the eulogies to the Iron Lady appear, let us not forget that she had the opportunity of privatising the BBC - but didn't.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Mrs. Palin is a good speaker, but she needs to hone her debating tactics if she is to match those of the Iron Lady.

    Conservative Snobs Are Wrong About Palin 2008

  • When Michelle Bachelet was elected as president of Chile last year, the first woman to hold the position, people gave her books about Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister known as the Iron Lady.

    Leadership Meets Machismo 2007

  • The story weaves its way through public and private events, relying on written accounts and personal reminiscences, not least those of O'Sullivan himself, former Daily Telegraph journalist and former speech writer to the Iron Lady.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Helen 2007

  • Perhaps the most memorable moment of the speech by the Iron Lady -- who joins other female world leaders to carry that nickname, including Margaret Thatcher and Indira Gandhi -- came when Humphrey Institute Dean J. Brian Atwood asked her where she gets her courage.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2009

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