Word: australia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Once again," said Prime Minister Bob Hawke of Australia, "TIME has scooped its competitors." While other Australian publications had been planning projects to mark the country's 200th birthday, TIME AUSTRALIA was unveiling its lavish special issue ahead of most of the pack. At a ceremony in Melbourne two weeks ago to launch the 128-page commemorative edition, Hawke declared, "In TIME AUSTRALIA, we have an example of an outstandingly successful news venture based on the world's greatest magazine, but already becoming identifiably Australian in character...
...cost of sending a team of selected rugby players from New England colleges on a tour of Australia and New Zealand in June of 1988. The tour--the brainchild of Kingston--is sponsored by the New England Rugby Federation Union (N.E.R.F.U.) and has 30 representatives from 14 colleges in New England...
...order to compete in Australia, each player has to raise $1500-$1800, the cost of transportation, room, board and other minor expenses. Kingston is trying to lower the price tag for each player by encouraging donations and helping with fund-raisers...
...businesses through which the CIA pursues its ends beyond the scrutiny of the public, press or Senate. Brief autobiographies of players in Nugan Hand and other concerns show a flow of operatives between intelligence entitities and "the private sector." Lists of associates of Frank Nugan, scion of one of Australia's leading families, read like a Who's Who for the top reaches of the U.S. military. Admiral Earl Yates presided over Nugan Hand; General LeRoy Manor, former U.S. Government liason to Philippine President Macros, ran the Philippine Office; General Edwin F. Black, intimate of CIA bosses Allen Dulles...
...squad now has 50 candidates and will eventually be whittled down to 28 members who will tour New Zealand and Australia next summer as the New England College Side...