Word: australian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...18th year in the singles matches, and Mulloy, decorated veteran of World War 11 (lieutenant commander skipper of an LST) and four-time U.S. doubles champion (with Bill Talbert), was making his first appearance in the finals. But the gallant, uphill fight against the youngsters of the U.S. and Australian teams was useless, and everybody in the stadium knew it. Across the net stood the world's top tennis player: 24-year-old Frank Sedgman...
...Herald Tribune Sport Reporter Al Laney, reporting how Herbert Flam stood up to Australian Frank Sedgman's serve: "This includes one game in which he missed altogether and lost at it and another in which he hit only twice but still won. And it is wonderfully consistent serving...
...Frank Sedgman over Fellow Australian Ken McGregor, a smash and volley battle, 6-3, 6-2, 12-14, 6-3, to keep his Newport Casino singles tennis crown; in Newport, R.I. Maureen Connolly, repeating her Wimbledon victory over Louise Brough, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, to become the Essex singles champion; in Manchester, Mass...
Australia and New Zealand accepted enthusiastically, and signed the Tripartite Security Treaty (as well as the Japanese treaty). Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies beamed: "One of the great events in international affairs." Sir Carl Berendsen, New Zealand's ambassador to the U.S., said: "This is much more than a scrap of paper...
Actually, Australia's generous immigration policy (each new immigrant costs the Australian taxpayer $2,600) has contributed surprisingly little to her economic troubles. True, the majority of immigrants have gone into industry instead of farming; they eat food that was once profitably exported. On the other hand, their needs create work. The country's setbacks hit them first. At Bonegilla, a wartime camp of wooden huts, where immigrants are instructed in the English language and Australian customs, 2,300 Italians threatened to burn down the camp if not given work. Time to Absorb. Reluctantly, Immigration Minister Harold Holt...