Word: australian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...went on sabbatical last January, McEnroe was, by his own admission, burned out. "I was going in a direction that wasn't beneficial to tennis or myself," he told New York Daily News Sports Columnist Mike Lupica. Two months before, he had nearly throttled a reporter at the Australian Open, where he lost in the quarterfinals after playing, as he put it, "like a dog." Then he ignominiously lost his first-round match in the Masters Tournament in Madison Square Garden. Tatum was due to give birth to their child in May, and the father-to-be admitted that...
Thus last week's meeting opened in an atmosphere of apprehension. On the first day, the seven leaders listened attentively to reports by Howe and the Eminent Persons Group, a body headed by former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and General Olusegun Obasanjo, the former Nigerian head of state, which was appointed by the Commonwealth last year to study the South African dilemma. Most of the leaders present were struck by the degree to which Howe agreed with the group. Kaunda, who had publicly criticized Howe during his African mission, praised the Foreign Secretary's remarks as "simply fantastic...
Talk about the high expectations of new parents. On the morning that Eva Burrows was born in an Australian mining town, her father, a Salvation Army officer, was conducting a worship service. Within minutes the father returned to his home, held the newborn baby aloft and uttered a prayer dedicating her to the glory of God and the salvation of the world. "It was rather a tall order for a little baby," says Burrows with a grin...
...small (pop. 15.4 million) East European nation to the heights of international tennis: besides Navratilova, its alumni include Ivan Lendl, the world's No. l player, and such other top seeds as Miloslav Mecir, Helena Sukova and Hana Mandlikova -- who surprised the tennis world last week by marrying an Australian restaurateur between rounds of the Federation...
Aliens reveals only flashes of Weaver's most distinctive gifts, but it has given her a powerful screen personality in a potential hit film. As Peter Weir, the Australian director of Living Dangerously, avers, "She is one of the few women who can light the screen up. I will be very happy to see her ^ running around in space fighting monsters." Perhaps the film's success will end Weaver's Hollywood runaround and give her an actor-producer's clout. And then beware. Sophisticated romances, wry talkfests, even a musical -- Sigourney the star has surprises in store...