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I suppose we all saw it coming but the death of former President Thatcher (1981-89) is still a sad moment. She was after all the first female President and along with British PM Reagan a central figure to the 80's.

I remember reading once that she and Reagan had joked that if her grandparents hadn't moved to the US and if Reagan's had (I guess in both cases it was a close call) they might have reversed roles.

I am not sure that would have worked as well. Reagan being an Irishman serving as British PM helped to heal the bad blood over the failure of the Riish Free State and Thatcher really helped break the glass ceiling here in the USNA.

But still a big loss.
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