81.   When asked about rising stars in the Conservative party, Thatcher mentioned Portillo and Peter Lilley, secretary of state for social security.

82.   Opponents of the conservative ruling party are crying coverup, saying the real scandal is that the case was closed.

83.   Petersen, a member of the conservative Folkaflokkurin party, began his second term as fisheries minister this year.

84.   A conservative French political party expelled three regional presidents Wednesday for striking deals with the far-right National Front to assure victory in March elections.

85.   A member of the conservative Folkaflokkurin party, Petersen began his second term as fisheries minister this year.

86.   A more conservative Basque party questioned the real motives of the name change.

87.   A former Paris housing official has accused Mayor Jean Tiberi of knowing all about a system of illegal payments to his conservative ruling party, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

88.   A parliament member who allegedly beat up his mistress and another who angrily brandished a pistol were expelled Wednesday from the main opposition conservative party.

89.   A spokeswoman for the conservative party said she did not know the cause of death.

90.   A switch to conservative policies would add momentum to a trend in European Union countries after conservative parties last year came to power in Italy and Denmark.