W O R LD
Thatcher wins a third term
K )M X )N . I NGl \N l)
Imagine it the ptcsidenl ot the
I nited States could call .in elee
non any time he wanted He'd
wateh the1 polls, wail until he's
vers popular. then schedule an
election Sound strange ' Maybe
so. but that's how they do it in
Britain (I nelaml, Scotland and
Wales!
I he I lilted States holds a prvsi
dential election even tour years
on November 2 But the he.ul ot
the British government, the prune
minister, can call an election at
any time All he or she neeils is
permission from the queen
Prune Ministei Margaret
Ihatcher proved this point last
month when she asked Queen
l .li/abeth to ( >k an election lor
June II Ihatcher. a member ol
the conservative lory paity. saw
that het party held a I ' peaent
lead over the opposition I abot
party in the public opinion |x<lls
she decided not to run loi re-elec
lion at the end ol her live year
term, but tocash in on her popu
larity 11 months early
Ihatcher proved her popular
itv. winning the election hands
down She is the first prime
since 1979
minister in imxlern British history
to w in three general elections in a
row Mier eight years u, oltice
and at least live ahead
thebl
year-old Ihatchei says she has no
plans to retire
Soviet / U.S. summit closer
WASHINGTON. IK
Ihe
arms race is making Ihe headlines
and experts say the news looks
pnnnismg
Several months ago. President
Reagan suggested that boll, the
Soviet I'tiion and the I nited
Stales get rid ol all their inlet
mediate range missiles u,
I umpe Soviet leader Mikhail
Gorbachev accepted Reagan's
A T IS S U E
plan and later came up w ill, an
even mote drastic one
Gorbachev pmposed that the
two countries also get rid ol all
shorter range missiles in Humpe
I he I nited States was so stir
prised bv Gorbachev s proposal
that they didn't answer right away
I list I S leaders wanted to dis
cuss the plan with their allies,
membcis ol the North Vllantii
Ireatv Organization i N \l < >»
1‘rcsident Reagan announced
in his most tvcenl press contet
ence that W i l l supports the plan
Io eliminate shorter range tins
sites Ihe Tinted States will also
suggest a reduction in longer
range missiles
I he N VI (> decision makes the
|xissibililv ol a I S Soviet
summit meeting look good
W hat are your favorite foods?
Lucy M a d is o n , 4
S ilv e r S prin g , M O
R ac h a e l Justice, 8
P in o le , CA
D ero n L o c a n o , 1 1
S e a ttle , W A
A lp h o n c o Johnson, 1 2
P o rtla n d , OR
B e n n e tt M a d is o n , 6
S ilv e r S prin g , M D
I like Gheenos and Special K 1
don't like onions because they re
not gorxl. They taste yuckv I
don't like to eat dinner fixxl I
like ice cream I would like KM»
ice creams to eat I like ice
cream because I want to eat
dessert before dinner Some
times I get to but not very often
I don't like sandwiches because
they have too much taste in
them Mv favorite drink is milk
I like ice cream and ravioli I
wish I could eat ice cream and
ravioli all the tune I d eat the
rav toll first I don't like spinach
I talk my mom out of eating it
I eat fruit about once a day I like
oranges, apples and tomatoes
I eat a tew vegetables, like
cucumbers anil broccoli My
dad has a garden, and he grows
pumpkins, strawberries, cab
bage. I like all ot those
tortillas' Sometimes I pul
eggs and rice in them Pizza,
rice, lasagna and chi volate ami
cherrv flavored tatty I doni eat
enough sweets l it eat more il I
could I don’t really like too
manv vegetables I don t eat
them unless I'm made or told
to I like pears, apples ami
grapes I think everybody else is
like me in what they eat Some
tunes I make mv own lunch
I'd eat all the tune it I could
I like food, especially pizza,
hamburgers, chicken, shrimp
and crab I buy candy all ot the
tune I don't eat a lot ot vegeta
bles I like rice VS hen I'm play
mg sports, like lootball. that s
when I eat the Ix'st I like to cook
nmxlles Ml voti have Io do is
let them cook lor three minutes,
put them in a how I and eat them
I hev are gomi and easy
I don’t have a lavorile tomi,
but I have ones I ilon t like I ike
lasagna because I hate onions
and sanie I like to cook Some
tunes when Mommy s not look
ing. I sneak stutt It I were on a
desert island and could only
dim ise one tmxl, I would
choose 'MH.I ue ue.im makers to
make ice ctvan, l doni woriy
about eetting tat troni eating tm>
n u l i h because I don't get tat
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