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　　In 1982, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs．Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker．This sad unexpected news, shook the 　　1　　 calm and unhurried politician off her balance．Though she did her best to 　　2　　 as if nothing had happened and made her public appearances usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self assured(自信的)prime minister who always had everything under 　　3　　．Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to recover from her 　　4　　．

　　One day when she was to 　　5　　 at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the 　　6　　 of her missing son again．She was totally mentally 　　7　　 for the question and lost her 　　8　　．Tears were rolling down her eyes 　　9　　 she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very 　　10　　 about him．She said that all the countries concerned had promised to do their best to help her find her son．With that she 　　11　　 down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while．Gradually she 　　12　　 down and started to speak as planned．It was a very 　　13　　 scene which exposed a new side of Mrs．Thatcher’s 　　14　　 the public do not usually see, so people began to 　　15　　 about the Iron Woman’s motherly love, a feeling 　　16　　 is common to all human race．

　　Later Mark returned safe and 　　17　　 to his mother’s side, good humored and all smiles as usual 　　18　　 nothing unusual had 　　19　　 happened．The Iron Woman, however, broke down again and was 　　20　　 sobbing for the second time．

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