News tagged with thatcher
New pterosaur species named after political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new species of pterosaur, discovered by a University of Portsmouth palaeontologist, has been named after the artist famous for his notorious and iconic caricatures of Margaret Thatcher.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Australia academics blast UK lord over Hitler jibe
Dozens of Australian academics signed a letter Tuesday demanding a lecture by British climate sceptic Lord Christopher Monckton be axed after he compared the country's climate adviser to Hitler.
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Historian says media was wrong to condemn unions over Solidarnosc
The press - and 1980 Thatcher Government - unfairly criticised the trade union movement over its support for the newly formed Polish Solidarity Trade Union, according to the most detailed analysis of the period ...
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Facial recognition at first glance
We meet a multitude of people on a daily basis: the nice waitress in the coffee shop around the corner, the bus driver or the colleagues at the office. Without the ability to recognize faces at first glance ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Brave New World?
(PhysOrg.com) -- British trade unionism was not undermined by Margaret Thatcher, but by the dawn of a new, brutally competitive age that weakened it dramatically in the private sector, a major new analysis claims.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Sep 18, 2009 |
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