Word: australian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Five years ago her mother introduced her to Australian Rock Singer Peter Allen. Two years later, they were married. For Liza, there are no doubts whatsoever about this marriage of hers: it will work. It is working. "Peter is my rock," she says. "I love him. In fact I like him. I really like him." Though she loves to be with friends, talking, talking, talking, she claims, "I'm a little shy, especially in crowds. Except when I'm wafting." Wafting? "That's when you pretend you're not really you. It's like when...
...wonder of Fleet Street, was in trouble from the start. Rather than fire the 1,000-man staff of the Sun (formerly the Daily Herald), which had lost $30 million in an unsuccessful effort to win a youthful readership, Cudlipp last year sold the paper to Rupert Murdoch, an Australian interloper in British publishing. One result was increased competition for the Mirror, I.P.C.'s most profitable property. Most of the company's 13 women's magazines are losing circulation as interest wanes in their homey format-cooking recipes and news of the royal family...
...matches will feature some of the top names in world tennis. Stan Smith, America's No. 1 amateur tennis player, and fellow Davis Cup teammates Arthur Ashe, Clarke Graebner, and Bub Lutz will team up for the U. S. against the Australian twosome of John Newcombe and Fred Stolle for the best-of-seven series. The winner's share of the prize money...
Stan Smith said that the appearance of the Australian pros. Newcombe and Stolle, could make more than $50,000 to support the construction of the center. The total cost of the courts is estimated...
...lopes around the track, Ralph Doubell has the distracted look of a man talking to himself. And so he is. To ease the loneliness of a distance runner, the Australian ace provides his own moment-to-moment commentary and, when need be, his own cheering section. Late in the 800-meter finals of the 1968 Olympics, for instance, Doubell told Doubell: "You're going to win! You can feel it in your muscles!" Then, as he took the lead coming down the stretch, he shouted to himself: "You've won it! You've won it!" Doubell professes...