Ms Swinburne said Lady Thatcher turned the country around through restructuring and economic reforms.

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Welsh Conservative MEP Kay Swinburne praised efforts to promote use of the Welsh language.

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Poets William Wordsworth and Algernon Swinburne wrote verses about her and she was also the subject of several books and paintings.

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Ms Swinburne-Jones adds that, despite progress in rebuilding schools and healthcare, the violence has left ordinary Iraqis frustrated and desperate to regain some semblance of normality.

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However, British Conservative Kay Swinburne said it was impossible to enforce a "one size fits all" law on savings, as different countries already had very differing laws in place.

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Captain Frank and this reporter decided to take our chances with a 15-pound striper caught--fittingly, we decided--between Hoffman and Swinburne islands, used in the late 19th century as a quarantine and a crematorium, respectively.

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"People who are more likely to purchase a product show significantly higher memory encoding than those who are less likely, " explains Richard Silberstein, a neuroscientist with the Brain Sciences Institute at the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.

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No other party is likely to compete for a second Welsh seat, so it's all about staying on top of the list - UKIP's John Bufton plans a second term, while Plaid's Jill Evans and the Conservatives' Kay Swinburne are likely to retain their places too.

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But Benjamin Swinburne, a media analyst at Morgan Stanley, is forecasting a surprisingly strong rebound in advertising, especially on television, because dealers' spending on car and truck ads has fallen implausibly low: down by 65% in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the same period last year.

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