Word: australian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...doodling pad, Australian Prime Minister Menzies put the problem thus: With singular agility And technical facility We seek convertibility Which means (I'll have you know) A quid for every...
After the national tennis tournament at Forest Hills last summer, U.S. Davis Cup hopes hit bottom. The U.S.'s No. 1 player, Vic Seixas, was soundly whipped by a fuzz-cheeked Australian named Ken Rosewall, 17. Last week, at Australia's Victorian tournament, last warmup before the Davis Cup interzone finals, U.S. hopes were clearly on the rise...
...Australian tennis officials were flabbergasted. Even Aussie Veteran Harry Hopman, a canny, cautious type, grudgingly admitted: "The American captain's form was excellent. I don't think we have ever seen him better...
Died. Sister Elizabeth Kenny, 66, Australian nurse who discovered a new treatment for infantile paralysis (hot packs and massage); of a cerebral thrombosis; in Toowoomba, Australia (see MEDICINE...
...parrot-headed umbrella which is the closest she gets to a magic wand. Children who threaten to disobey Mary Poppins (it is never more than a threat) are reduced by one glance from her ice-blue eyes. In her latest adventure-fantasy, the creator of Mary Poppins, Australian-born Mrs. Pamela L. Travers, offers a cautionary bit of advice: "I warn you, children, take care of your shadows or your shadows won't take care...