Word: australia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...early January, when Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser announced a hard-line policy toward the Soviets over their invasion of Afghanistan (including a proposed Olympic Games boycott as well as trade sanctions), he was accused of making Australia more important than it really is. Since we didn't rate a mention in your article "Where Are Allies When Needed?" [Feb. 4], maybe in the eyes of the U.S. we really are "the mouse that roared...
Wendy Maloney Montmorency, Australia...
Publicly or privately, 30 nations now support Carter, including Britain, Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. West Germany and a score more are leaning toward the U.S. position. Said Douglas Kurd, Minister of State at the British Foreign Office: "The I.O.C. is not living in the real world...
...pick up the support of Egypt, Australia, New Zealand and The Netherlands, plus such nonathletic powers as Fiji, Qatar, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia (which had decided not to send a team even before the Afghanistan invasion...
...does not feel the game is beyond criticism. "The administration of squash in the U.S. has left the game in its elitist roots--racquetball has scooped up the mass market, while squash has lagged, although it can be promoted with great success." He points to once tennis-hungry Australia, where squash now has greater popularity than its outdoor counterpart...