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...marines on the island of South Georgia, the full storm of recrimination broke over the Thatcher government. In the first emergency weekend sitting of Parliament since the Suez Canal crisis of 1956, both the opposition Labor Party and even many Conservative backbenchers called for the resignation of Foreign Secretary Carrington, Defense Secretary Nott, the man ultimately responsible for British military preparedness, and of Thatcher herself...
...Lord Carrington took the criticism to heart. Prior to the emergency Commons session, he had told Thatcher of his intention to resign. The amiable and popular Foreign Secretary, who earned worldwide admiration for his 1979 negotiation of an end to the Rhodesian civil war, was unafraid of political criticism but felt strongly that his resignation was a matter of honor. Thatcher and Deputy Tory Leader William Whitelaw tried hard over the April
...weekend to dissuade Carrington, whom Thatcher viewed as a valued ally. He was one of the few members of the Cabinet who could exercise restraint over the headstrong Prime Minister. He once had the self-confidence to tell her, as she got ready for an important meeting with a touchy foreign leader, "Don't say anything for the first 30 minutes." Carrington turned down a face-saving ploy suggested by Whitelaw and Thatcher: the Foreign Secretary would offer his resignation, she would refuse to accept it, and he would then withdraw the proposal. Thus he would have done the honorable...
...self-made, middle-manager type with more stomach for the rough-and-tumble of pavement politics than his or her predecessors. Thatcher, too, has apparently found the old school ties a bit too binding: her Cabinet no longer contains a Tory blueblood. The last to go was Lord Carrington, who resigned as Foreign Secretary after shouldering the blame for the Falklands takeover...
...team-high six rebounds. Housman, Magnarelli, and sophomore guard Jeremy Lin each delivered 10 points. Mountain Hawks guard Marquis Hall stole the show, racking up a game-high 17 points and 5 assists while going 7-for-7 from the free-throw line. Lehigh forward Zahir Carrington also put in 14 points to sink the Crimson. “The first two possessions we trapped the ball, got some turnovers, and carried that through the half—we were fired up.” Magnarelli said, “We let them back in the game too easily...