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AuthorGebiner, Benjamin
AuthorGEDULDIG, ALFRED
AuthorGEDYE, E. R.
AuthorGedye, G. E. R.
AuthorGEERTZ, CLIFFORD
AuthorGELB, NORMAN
Paid articleAs Britain Prepares to Vote (January 2010)
The Odds Favor the Conservatives As Britain Prepares to Vote By Norman Gelb London Britain is bracing itself for a plunge into uncharted political territory as it prepares for national...
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Paid articleBritain's Muslim Problem (January 2007)
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Paid articleBeyond Tony Blair (November 2005)
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AS A BRITON TAKES OVER Rethinking Europe's Defense By Norman Gelb London Troubling questions are being asked here about Europe's role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), now...
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A CRISIS OF IDENTITY The UK. in Disarray By Norman Gelb London The British Broadcasting Corporation recently issued a curious instruction to its editors, news anchors and stable of...
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Paid articleThe Tories' Youngest Fogy (September 1997)
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Paid articleHeeere's Maggie! (September 1993)
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Paid articleEurope on Hold (May 1993)
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LOOKING INWARD Labor After the Tory TRIUMPH BY NORMAN GELB London The Surprising outcome of Britain's April 7 general election promises to have far reaching ramifications. In fact, the victory...
Paid articleBritain Watches the U.S. Primaries (March 1992)
A SPECIAL INTEREST Britain Watches the U.S. Primaries BY NORMAN GELB London Two days after the Presidential primaries in Michigan and Illinois, a friend here telephoned to say, "I hear that the...
Paid articleEurope Stumbling Toward Unity (February 1992)
THE EC IN'93 Europe Stumbling Toward Unity BY NORMAN GELB London If all goes as planned, by the end of this year Europe will be fundamentally transformed. The last barriers to the economic...
Paid articleBritain's Family Quarrel (December 1991)
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Paid articleDoctoring the British Health Service (October 1991)
THE TORY REMEDY Doctoring the British Health Service BY NORMAN GELB London When the British National Health Service (NHS) was established after World War II, it was touted as a major...
Paid articleLondon on the Slide (July 1991)
A MAJOR PROBLEM London on the Slide BY NORMAN GELB London Eleven months from now, five years will have passed since the last general elections in Britain. By law, Prime Minister John Major...
Paid articleTest Time for John Major (April 1991)
AFTER THE HONEYMOON Test Time for John Major By Norman Gelb London John Major has received one of the highest forms of recognition an individual can be accorded in Britain. An effigy of...
Paid articleBritain and the Gulf War (January 1991)
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Paid articleBritain's Major Shift (November 1990)
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Paid articleThatcher as a Modern Boadicea (October 1990)
TAKING ON SADDAM HUSSEIN Thatcher as a Modern Boadicea BY NORMAN GELB London Iraq's seizure of Kuwait is likely to have a serious political impact in Britain, but whether it will be...
Paid articleIreland's Population Hemorrhage (September 1990)
A MATTER OF ECONOMICS Ireland's Population Hemorrhage By Norman Gelb Dublin Politics in the Republic of Ireland is a unique affair. No other democratically elected government has...
Paid articleThe Uneasy 'New Europeans' (April 1990)
ON THE WAY TO 1992 The Uneasy 'New Europeans' By Norman Gelb London No one ever imagined that transforming Western Europe into a federation of nation states would be easy. And the...
Paid articleThe Hong Kong Factor (February 1990)
COMPLICATING BRITISH POLITICS The Hong Kong Factor BY NORMAN GELB London In 1997, to the despairof many of the 5.6 million people who live in Hong Kong, Britain will return to China the...
Paid articleJilting the Iron Lady (January 1990)
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Paid articleThatcher at Odds with Europe (October 1989)
REVERBERATIONS IN LONDON Thatcher at Odds with Europe BY NORMAN GELB London Like a fetus in the final stages of gestation, the European Community (EC) is rapidly assuming the form its...
Paid articleLondon Loses Its Luster (September 1989)
AS SERVICES LANGUISH London Loses Its Luster By Norman Gelb London ?he first large group of Americans to come to London had a wretched time. Colonists of rank and position who wanted...
Paid articleThatcherism Isn't Working (July 1989)
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Paid articleTurkey's Identity Problem (May 1989)
ECHOES OF RAMADAN Turkey's Identity Problem By Norman Gelb Istanbul My first night here was disturbed by a strange dream —or at least so I thought. It was four in the morning. What...
Paid articleTrouble in Thatcherland (March 1989)
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Paid articleBritons Worry About Civil Rights (February 1989)
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Paid articleEurope Without Frontiers (January 1989)
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Paid articleThe Cross Kinnock Bears (November 1988)
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Paid articleA New Face in British Politics (September 1988)
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Paid articleReviving the Sick Man of Europe (July 1988)
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Paid articleA Watchdog for British TV (June 1988)
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Paid articleBritish Labor Pains (April 1988)
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Paid articleStraining Justice in Britain (February 1988)
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Paid articleThatcher on Dangerous Ground (November 1987)
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Paid articleBritish Trade Union Blues (October 1987)
THE LEGACY OF MYOPIA British Trade Union Blues BY NORMAN GELB London At the annual conference of Britain's Trades Union Congress (TUC), held in Blackpool September 7-11, a union...
Paid articleBritain's Opposition Regroups (September 1987)
UNDONE BY PROSPERITY Britain's Opposition Regroups BY NORMAN GELB London Britain's midyear break in political activity comes to an end early each autumn with the convening of week-long...
Paid articleThatcher's Third Term Target (June 1987)
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Paid articleEurope's Decoupling Anxiety (April 1987)
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Paid articleAnomalous Berlin (January 1987)
WORLD WAR TWO'S UNFINISHED BUSINESS Anomalous Berlin BY NORMAN GELB London Unrelenting Persecution of dissident movements in Czechoslovakia and the continuing clampdown on the...
Paid articleReagan Rattles the West (November 1986)
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Paid articleHow Kinnock Would Topple the Tories (October 1986)
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Paid articleBending the Iron Lady (September 1986)
THE TORIES SPEAK UP Bending the Iron Lady BY NORMAN GELB London If, in the words of Richard Nixon, the tough get going when the going gets tough, Margaret Thatcher is about to swing into...
Paid articleThatcher Takes on the Commonwealth (July 1986)
STAVING OFF SANCTIONS Thatcher Takes On the Commonwealth BY NORMAN GELB London "A white man's gang" was how the sports columnist of the London Daily Express described the Commonwealth Games...
Paid articleMoscow's Perilous Charms (May 1986)
THE THREAT TO NATO Moscow's Perilous Charms BY NORMAN GELB London The new Soviet leadership, exhibiting masterly public relations skills, is putting a greater strain on the Western Alliance than...
Paid articleBritain's Fading New Jerusalem (March 1986)
RUNNING OUT OF FUEL Britain's Fading New Jerusalem BY NORMAN GELB London Not even the prospect of a Royal wedding this summer has been able to lift the British out of the doldrums they have been...
Paid articleHigh-Tech Fallout in Britain (January 1986)
THE WESTLAND CONTROVERSY HighTech Fallout in Britain BY NORMAN GELB London We probably have not heard the last of the row within Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet over whether a...
Paid articleKinnock and the 'Dafties' (October 1985)
BRITISH LABOR'S TROUBLED REVIVAL Kinnock and the TDafties' BY NORMAN GELB London Labor Party Leader Neil Kinnock is in a quandary. He is not quite sure who his main enemy is. One might reasonably...
Paid articleDog Days in Britain (September 1985)
A CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE Dog Days Britain BY NORMAN GELB London THIS IS the summer of our I discontent," the BBC JL weatherman declared dramatically as the season began fading into autumn with...
Paid articleBritain Bucks the Community (June 1985)
EUROPE IN FERMENT-1 Britain Bucks the Community by norman London Many years ago, Winston Churchill was among those who foresaw the emergence of a United States of Europe. Today, Margaret Thatcher...
Paid articleChina's New Materialism (April 1985)
DIALECTICAL DIVERSIONS China's New Materialism by norman gelb Beijing It may not specialize in the snake stew or armadillo broth popular in southern China, but the La La Cafe in Guilin, a...
Paid articleBritain at War with Itself (March 1985)
AFTER THE COAL STRIKE Britain at War with Itself by NORMAN GELB Seen from London, American politics appear to be positively serene. The row over the budget deficit, the anger of the downtrodden...
Paid articleBerlin Chronicle (December 1984)
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WALL Berlin Chronicle BY NORMAN GELB West Berlin "Your ambassador is back in Washington at the moment," said the Grepo on the East Berlin side of Checkpoint Charlie as he...
Paid articleUndermining Britain's Labor Party (October 1984)
AFTER BLACKPOOL Undermining Britain's Labor Party BY NORMAN GELB out of the wilderness it entered after its humiliating defeat by the Conservatives in June 1983, but he has himself succeeded in...
Paid articleBritain Looks Across the Atlantic (August 1984)
THE JELLYBEAN ELECTION Britain Looks Across the Atlantic BY NORMAN GELB London The British are of two minds about the United States. That was true 21 decades ago, when the upstart American...
Paid articleMrs. Thatcher's Dog Days (July 1984)
THE TORIES ARE RESTLESS Mrs. Thatcher's Dog Days BY NORMAN GELB London It is increasingly difficult these days to find anyone outside Margaret Thatcher's palace guard with a kind word to say on...
Paid articleA Talk with James Callaghan (April 1984)
LOOKING TO THE NEW GENERATION A Talk with James Callaghan BY NORMAN GELB The following interview with former British Prime Minister James Callaghan (see "Between Issues, "page 2) was conducted in...
Paid articleTony Benn Is Back in Britain (March 1984)
LABOR'S PROBLEM Tony Benn Is Back in Britain BY NORMAN GELB London Few people in Britain derived more pleasure than Margaret Thatcher from the March 1 Parliamentary by-election in the...
Paid articleEurope and the Mighty Dollar (February 1984)
UNEASY PARTNERS Europe and the Mighty Dollar BY NORMAN GELB London The British winter has thus far not been nearly so fierce as the one that closed in like an Iron Maiden around most of North...
Paid articleTest of Wills in the Common Market (January 1984)
BRITAIN VS. FRANCE Test of Wills in the Common Market by norman gelb London A tits inception in 1957, no one suggested that the European Economic Community (EEC) would evolve free of setbacks,...
Paid articlePicking Up the Labor Party's Pieces (October 1983)
KINNOCK'S CHALLENGE Picking Up the Labor Party's PlgCCS BY NORMAN GELB London They say that if you stand on a street comer anywhere in Wales and for no particular reason shout, "Yes!" at least...
Paid articleQuestions About NATO's Leadership (October 1983)
THE DOUBTS IN EUROPE Questions About NATO's Leadership BY NORMAN GELB London The recently resumed U.S.Soviet talks on nuclear arms reduction have led to questions in Europe about the structure...
Paid articleBritish Labor Looks to October (September 1983)
PICKING A LEADER British Labor Looks to October BY NORMAN GELB THE BRITISH Labor Party is in the process of making a decision that may seal its fate Nominations for Michael Foot's successor as...
Paid articleBritain's New Ruling Class (June 1983)
EASING OUT THE ARISTOCRATS Britain's New Ruling Class BY NORMAN GELB London THE REAL revolution taking place in British politics has been overshadowed by the dramatic results of the June...
Paid articleZimbabwe's Odd Man Out (April 1983)
TROUBLE IN MATABELELAND Zimbabwe's Odd Man Out BY NORMAN GELB London Kenneth Kaunda is highly regarded here, his views are generally received with interest and respect Yet the Zambian...
Paid articleBritain's Nuclear Debate (March 1983)
CRUISE JITTERS Britain's Nuclear Debate By Norman Gelb London As the December 1983 target date for the deployment of United States cruise missiles in England approaches, the "dual key"...
Paid articleA Talk with Oliver Tambo (January 1983)
FIGHTING APARTHEID A Talk with Oliver Tambo by norman gelb The best known black political party in South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) has lately stepped up its long-term campaign...
Paid articleMarketing America in Europe (December 1982)
IMAGE TROUBLE Marketing America in Europe by norman gelb London No sooner had George P. Shultz begun his maiden tour of European countries as Secretary of State earlier this month than a new...
Paid articleThe Twilight of Michael Foot (October 1982)
LABOR LOOKS ELSEWHERE The Twilight of Michael Foot by norman gelb London In few countries where there is a free choice are voters influenced by the cult of personality to the same degree as in...
Paid articleThe Falkland Factor (July 1982)
THATCHER'S VICTORY The Falkland F&CtOF BY NORMAN GELB MARGARET THATCHER London No matter what happens now—economic disaster, political paralysis, social upheaval—Margaret Thatcher belongs to...
Paid articleFallout From the Falklands (May 1982)
NO JOY IN BRITAIN The Fallout from the Falklands BY NORMAN GELB LONDON IF, AS CHURCHILL said, the Britons' defense of their island nation during World War II was their finest hour, the Falkland...
Paid articleThe Challenges Facing Britain's Social Democrats (April 1982)
ABROAD AND AT HOME The Challenges Facing Britain's Social Democrats BY NORMAN GELB LONDON FOR THE recently emergent Social Democratic Party (SPD), much depends on how Britain's dispute with...
Paid articleTensions in the Western Alliance (March 1982)
REACTING TO REAGAN Tensions in the Western Alliance BY NORMAN GELB LONDONG ONCE AGAIN, the Western alliance is gripped by galloping hypochondria And once again the pulse taking and symptom...
Paid articleBritain's Political Horse Race (February 1982)
EARLY ODDS Britain's Political Horse Race BY NORMAN GLEB BITISH BOOKIES-or "turf accountants," to give them their formal title perate both legally and profitably Setting their own odds and...
Paid articleReading Britain's Riots (January 1982)
THE SCARMAN REPORT Reading Britain's Riots BY NORMAN GELB LONDON THE PEOPLE of Britain have been trying to erase a horrifying image from their minds Last spring, sitting before their television...
Paid articleEurope's New Anti-Americanism (November 1981)
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