Word: australian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first international Pope to lead a global church. And, in the wake of his frail predecessor, the youngest Pope chosen since 1846. The last under-60 Pope, Pius IX, reigned for 32 years. At age 58, Wojtyla is robust and muscular (he was described in the national daily The Australian as "a man built like a rugby front-row forward"), and it thus seemed possible that he could lead his faith into the 21st century. Plainly, the Cardinals had opted for a long pontificate. Just as plainly, they had chosen a man of extraordinary qualities and experience. A newspaper...
...Australian Press Lord K. (for Keith) Rupert Murdoch did not endear himself to the Manhattan publishing establishment when, two years ago, he snapped up the New York Post, New York magazine and the Village Voice, and began remaking the Post according to his own tabloid tastes. Last week the publishers had even less reason to love Murdoch. In a move variously regarded as daring, cynical and even brilliant, the Australian broke ranks with his fellow publishers and made a separate peace with nine striking unions. His Post thus became the first major New York newspaper to hit the streets since...
Chomsky said his sources on Timor were studies of refugees presented to Congress, letters smuggled out of the country, and testimony in the Australian parliament...
...added, "please do not think I am going to do the same things I did many years ago. This car has been in a museum and soon I will be in a museum too." Fangio warmed up by driving in a regularity trial with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, a fast-car enthusiast, sitting in the mechanic's seat. Then in an event billed as "The Race of Champions" Fangio drove alone in the Mercedes, touching 165 m.p.h. during the 8.7-mile course and crossing the finish line one length behind three-time World Champion Jack Brabham...
Over the summer Charles P. Whitlock, associate dean of the Faculty, spoke about Harvard's new Core Curriculum to officials from two universities in Indonesia, one in Yugoslavia, a woman's college in Seoul, S. Korea, 18 Australian universities, and the University of Montreal. That, says Whitlock, is only a sampling of the hundreds of requests for information about the Core that have come into his office form colleges and universities both in this country and abroad...