Word: australian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Once again," said Prime Minister Bob Hawke of Australia, "TIME has scooped its competitors." While other Australian publications had been planning projects to mark the country's 200th birthday, TIME AUSTRALIA was unveiling its lavish special issue ahead of most of the pack. At a ceremony in Melbourne two weeks ago to launch the 128-page commemorative edition, Hawke declared, "In TIME AUSTRALIA, we have an example of an outstandingly successful news venture based on the world's greatest magazine, but already becoming identifiably Australian in character...
Only 16 months earlier, we had replaced our existing Australian edition with TIME AUSTRALIA, a joint venture between Time Inc. and John Fairfax & Sons, one of that country's leading publishers (the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age in Melbourne). Since then the venture's ten-member, Melbourne-based editorial staff has combined TIME's weekly coverage of world events with added stories about Australian politics, business, social issues and culture. Assessing our progress, Hawke said, "This is already TIME with an Australian accent...
...that cold, wet day when UMass and Harvard engaged in what looked like a low-scoring version of Australian Rules Football. UMass had an offensive lineman for a kicker, Harvard had many turnovers, and the fans all went under cover...
...Crimes of Patriots, Jonathan Kwitny uses an investigation by the Australian government as a point of departure for his own inquiry, which connects Nugan Hand to drug trafficking, illegal arms sales--and the Central Intelligence Agency. He presents what appeared to be the suicide of an Australian banker as a chapter in a tale of illegal activities undertaken by former and current United States intelligence personnel...
...their attempts to follow this [the Nugan Hand investigation] up, Australian investigators questioned their star Nugan Hand witness, George Shaw, who recalled dealings within a Sydney outfit called the Loy Arms Corporation. Shaw hadn't been involved in the details. But Loy's proprietor, Kevin Joseph Loy, acknowledged he had been approached by Wilhelmus Hans on behalf of Nugan Hand. In fact, a search of Loy's records produced copies of a weapons import permit from South Africa, dated September 18, 1975, another import permit from Singapore dated November 4, and an Australian export permit dated November 10--all involving...