The World - News from Aug. 7, 1986
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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher underwent a successful hourlong operation on her right hand at a London hospital to correct Dupuytren’s contracture, a disease in which tightening tissues under the skin pull the little finger toward the palm. Thatcher, 60, has had the ailment for about 10 years.
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