Word: geelong
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What else makes Rupert run? Some associates believe he is driven by a need to better the accomplishments of his famous father. Others say Murdoch's ambition is to overcome his resentment at being forever considered an outsider?at Geelong Grammar, at Oxford, in Sydney, on Fleet Street. Up to a point, Murdoch agrees: "New York welcomes newcomers. In England, if one is an outsider there is suspicion." Still other Murdoch-watchers explain that the inveterate gambler is merely playing two-up with bigger stakes these days. Too bloody right, admits Murdoch: "Publishing is a life of constant calculated risks...
...decades to come, Australia's development will be closely intertwined with that of Japan, and Australians are growing increasingly aware of that fact. Even now, the country's best secondary school, Geelong Grammar, where Britain's Prince Charles was once a pupil, is teaching Japanese to 200 boys. Japan is already Australia's second most important trading partner (after the U.S.), and that trade has quadrupled in the past ten years. But the nature and extent of the relationship are as yet undetermined. Writes Peter Robinson, the Sydney Morning Herald's specialist on Japanese affairs...