Word: australians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...where lay the body of a young French ex-soldier; his rigid limbs were garmented in white; beside him reposed his "Blue Devil" Tarn O' Shanter. He, Jean Borotra, French Davis Cup competitor, had just been smitten unconscious by a tennis ball rebounding from the racquet of the Australian Gerald Patterson in the fourth set of an international doubles match at Forest Hills, L. I. On the day previous, Patterson had beaten Lacoste in the singles, Borotra had trounced Anderson. Thus, with the team score tied, much had depended on the doubles, and the chances for French victory...
...Australian ports similar strikes were called by local meetings, and there the situation was more serious. It was reported that all shipping at Melbourne and Sydney was tied...
...Zealand the U. S. fleet, landing at Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin and Port Lyttelton (Christ Church) in four divisions, paraded, was feted and feted again, gave entertainments in turn. It was the same story of gaiety as in the Australian ports (TiME...
...Australian crawl is the fastest stroke known, and when Mrs. Coolidge learns this she will be able to cut through the water in great shape. She likes to swim, she enjoys the water and yields easily to suggestion...
Officers and men reciprocated the goodwill. It was estimated that perhaps 100 sailors married Australian girls...