Word: australian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gravely the Council referred Delegate Hodgson's request to the Secretariat. The chauffeurs (about 50 drive the official U.N. cars) agreed that the Australian member is a good bloke, hopefully jingled the nickels in their pockets...
France quickly won the support of Australian delegate Col. W. R. Hodgson, who said he would vote for a small "neutral commission, but suggested that it be limited to the six non-permanent members of the Council--Australia, Colombia, Brazil, Syria, Poland, and Belgium...
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, a warhorse with energy to burn, nominated himself to pull the world out of its mess. He and Marshal Stalin could do it together, Monty felt sure. "Stalin has no time for politicians," he explained to an Australian politician. "He has faith only in generals." Cracked London's Sunday Pictorial: "Monty's slipping. We thought he could handle a little matter like that...
Exercising both the democratic system and the mid-Australian ballot, the so-odd girls at Cabot Hall last night voted to hold a jolly up for interested males this coming Saturday...
Australia seems to be feeling more tolerant toward the uninhibited Yanks (who were never a patch on uninhibited Australians). A Melbourne barmaid overheard two Yankee voices last week. "Coo," she sighed, "It's Americans you are! My, I wish we had you back." To get them back, Calwell offered U.S. veterans special bonuses and aids. His immigration propagagandists turned on the heat. A brochure printed for distribution from Australian consulates in the U.S. called up memories of "those high, clear skies, the rollers at Bondi's [Beach] and the surfers' paradise, the hurly-burly of King...