Word: australian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Aussies got into the game much later than the U.S., but with characteristic push. They have been playing softball since World War II, and now have no fewer than 450 women's teams. Besides, beating an Australian at anything is a considerable chore. For five innings of the final game, Australia's Lorraine Woolley and the U.S.'s Donna Lo Piano toiled through a scoreless pitching duel. The Aussies had a bit of a scare in the fifth when a U.S. lass tripled, but tight defensive play left her stranded on third. Then in the sixth, Australia...
...economist in the Australian Treasury Department during the 1920's, and has served with the U.S. Bureau of the Budget, the U.S. Bureau of the Budget, the Economic Cooperation Administration, the Office of Defense Mobilization, and the Hoover Commission...
...brokers, he purchased one through an intermediary in Hong Kong and two more in London and sailed them Down Under. Before he could put his tankers to work against the oil companies, Miller was forced to appeal the prohibitively high import duties and bonding requirements imposed on them by Australian authorities. His persuasive arguments with top government officials not only won him a reduction but also nearly precipitated a split in the Australian Cabinet, got him widespread publicity and forcibly called attention to the coal industry's dilemma...
...repercussions were greater than even Miller could have anticipated. Last July, Australia decreed that all coastal tankers would have to be Australianbuilt and Australian-manned, limited the total number of coastal tankers to twelve, and allotted three of them to Coalman Miller. As a result, the oil companies will be forced to spend an extra $4,500,000 annually on tanker operating costs, another $2,500,000 to bring crew accommodations up to Australian standards and $42 million on new Australian-built tankers-in addi tion to channeling some of their business to Millers ships...
Beer & Mine. While Miller's actions have benefited Australian shipbuilders, sailors and coalmen, they will bring the greatest return to R. W. Miller, Ltd., a holding company with assets of $29 million. It owns nine coal mines, fleets of colliers and trucks, 42 hotels, an engineering firm, a brewery (Millers Beer), and an insurance company. Miller will use his tanker profits to underwrite coal costs, but he apparently has no fears for the future of the industry. Next March, in New South Wales, R. W. Miller, Ltd. will inaugurate its newest enterprise: another coal mine...