Britain's fading New Jerusalem. (bleak economic future)

From: The New Leader | Date: March 10, 1986| Author: Gelb, Norman | Copyright information

Britain's Fading New Jerusalem NOT EVEN the prospect of a Royal wedding this summer has been able to lift the British out of the doldrums they have been mired in for quite some time. (See "Dog Days in Britain," NL, September 9, 1985.) Prince Andrew, fourth in line to the throne, and his fiancee Sarah Ferguson make a handsome couple. Their nuptials at Westminster Abbey will undoubtedly be conducted with unerring elegance, proving once more to hundreds of millions of enchanted telev...

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