Word: australia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enough for New York Yacht Club members when they lost the America's Cup in 1983 on Rhode Island Sound. The longest winning streak in sport history--132 years--was ended, and with Australia II's secret keel, the victors from down under had audaciously out-teched the Yanks. But what really steamed some of the bluer-blooded Newport yachting crowd was when the winning skipper, John Bertrand, taunted during the races that the next Cup competition would be sailed out of the mostly working-class port of Fremantle in the sun- drenched Indian Ocean. "It's absolutely glorious...
...four years beginning at age eight, Ford often stayed with female swimmer Shane Gould in his native Australia...
...while Ford was attending Turramura High School in Australia, just a few years after his stays with Gould, he became a several-time national champion...
...that has enjoyed surprising stability and prosperity in the wake of the U.S. defeat in Viet Nam. Collapse of the Philippines in the face of a Communist insurgency would severely impair the security of the remaining ASEAN members and pose a threat to U.S. allies as far away as Australia...
...Ottawa native competed in the top-ranked position for the National Canadian Women's Squash Team in the World Championships at Australia in 1983. Last August she played in the third-ranked position, contributing to the Canadians' best-ever finish of fifth place at the World Championships held at Dublin...