Word: australian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Knocking about the Australian outback around the middle of the past century was an Irishman, more than half-crazed, called Daniel Morgan. Paroled from prison after six years of "hard labor"-not to mention sodomization, humiliation and deprivation-Morgan roamed the country stealing horses and robbing their riders. His only companion was an aboriginal boy named Billy, who taught him how to use a boomerang and live off the land like a bushman. Eventually Morgan killed a couple of policemen, and a fat ? 1,000 price was fixed on his head. By the time he ran up against...
...Australian-born Terrill has written numerous articles for newspapers and magazines, appeared on television during former President Nixon's 1972 visit to China, and has written two books on China that, although praised by scholars, have made an impact on general readers as well...
...colleague said that Terrill's multi-cultural nature--he wrote his dissertation on English social history, he is an Australian citizen, he has visited and written of China, and he is a permanent resident of the United States--is "suspect in the department...
...colleague also said that Terrill's multi-cultural nature--he wrote his doctoral dissertation on English social history, he is an Australian, he has visited and written of China and is a permanent resident of the United States--is "suspect in the department...
...close colleague said yesterday that Terrill finds himself without a position now because "two rugs were pulled out from under him." He cited the Government Department's decision not to offer tenure to Terrill and the recent ouster of Australian Prime Minister E. Gough Whitlam...