Word: gorton
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...course runs two days, costs $150, begins with instruction in his home, where the student studies the S 250 on paper and is likely to be plied with splendid zucchini bread and coffee by Jacobson's wife, Georgia May, a schoolteacher at Warwick's Gorton Junior High School. On paper, operating the sub seems, well, child's play. Merely a matter of opening a few valves to let water into the ballast tanks until the S 250 has achieved "neutral buoyancy," then directing the thrust of two exterior electrical pod engines by manipulating two handles inside...
...brass band struck up Waltzing Matilda, and the Odd Couple strode to the dais in Melbourne's Exhibition Building. Two former Australian Prime Ministers of opposing parties, Sir John Gorton (Liberal, 1968-71) and Gough Whitlam (Labor, 1972-75), were on the same political platform...
...setting was a conference on constitutional reform, and Gorton, 66, kicked off the proceedings by quoting Omar Khayyam: "Would we not shatter it to bits-and then remold it nearer to the Heart's desire...
...diminutive Billy McMahon, 64, the campaign was his first since he won the Liberal Party leadership 21 months ago in a messy internal battle that toppled controversial Prime Minister John Gorton, 61. McMahon's political skills seemed to desert him as he tried to rule the country. He waffled over decisions; and often after he finally made them, he had to reverse them. His campaign performance was equally uninspiring. In Perth he told a rally that his government was looking forward to "increasing opportunities for unemployment." At Melbourne he pledged: "We will honor the problems we have made...
...Australia, which was once so eager for U.S. investment that former Prime Minister John Gorton likened the country to "a dog lying on its back with its legs in the air waiting for its tummy to be tickled," fear of U.S. economic domination has become an issue in the campaign for national elections on Dec. 2. The ruling Liberals last month enacted legislation under which the government plans to stop acquisitions by foreign investors of a 15 % or larger voting interest in Australian companies that have assets of $1,000,000 or more. Agitation is high for still tougher measures...