Word: australian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...notion of a drama inside a drama, set in an institution and authenticated by history, provided Marat/Sade with its power. Some 20 years later, Australian Novelist Thomas Keneally (Schindler's List) attempts the same tour de force with a fictive account of an incident in 1789, when his native land was a penal colony. There, a troupe of convicts acted in George Farquhar's comedy The Recruiting Officer, under the supervision of their frowning keepers. The opportunities for irony are omnipresent: male and female prisoners, known as lags and she-lags, are liberated into their parts, while ! guards are locked...
...issues with a sharp, witty and often bristling style. Despite its influence, however, the monthly (circ. 480,000) has rarely turned a profit. Turning to the Aussies for help, Co-Founders Gloria Steinem and Patricia Carbine announced they will sell the publication to the John Fairfax company, a major Australian communications conglomerate, for an undisclosed price believed to be as much as $15 million...
Fairfax (1986 revenues: $597 million) owns 53 newspapers and 79 magazines, including several other U.S. publications, and publishes jointly with Time Inc. the Australian edition of TIME. Steinem and Carbine will stay on for five years as consultants. Said Steinem: "This is the best thing for the magazine and for the women's movement...
...reason for choosing Fairfax, according to Steinem, was its women executives. The president of the firm's U.S. division is Sandra Yates, 40. Says she: "I absolutely believe we can make money on Ms." Anne Summers, 42, a well-known Australian feminist, will be the new editor in chief. Their initial goal for Ms.: a 35% increase in circulation, to 650,000, within five years...
...Palestinians of the Occupied Territories. The only available evidence of the West Bankers' own preferences, a 14-month-old-poll, indicates 93 percent agreement with the statement: "The PLO is the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people." Despite indictments of the study, conducted by the British, Australian and Palistinean press, it is troubling in light of the figures to have to justify the total exclusion of the PLO from the negotiating process...