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...land is lunar-like now," says Ian Brunt, who's on 120 hectares near the New South Wales town of Finley and has been rice farming for 32 years. "The tractor's throwing up clouds of dust." Les Gordon recalls the disenchantment among farmers in 1982 when state authorities limited farmers to 60% of their normal water allowance. Now, "I would kill for a 60% allocation," says Gordon, who still farms with his father, Henry. "Dad planted his first rice crop in 1949. No one around here has seen conditions like this before...
...extend to all crops, however. Insiders doubt whether Australia's rice production will ever return to pre-drought levels. Under proposed water-policy reforms, farmers in the Murray-Darling Basin will be subject to tighter restrictions than in the past. "My wife and I are sticking it out," says Ian Brunt. "But we've got three boys with equity in their own farms, and they've had enough and want out. They're sick of drought and sick of the politics of water." Murray Hartin's poem ends happily, with the hero hugging his wife as "they heard the roll...
...through the some mind-numbing plot contortions, is declared the new kung fu hero. There must be some mistake. He's a clumsy doofus for whom rising from a supine position can take all morning. Yet he is the one chosen to battle the evil master Tin Lung (Ian McShane), who'll be breaking out of prison any moment...
...baby, or a fat kid imitating “Star Wars,” or Tay Zonday singing “Chocolate Rain.” And, yes, we laugh at them and their absurdity as often, or more often, than we laugh along with them.Conscious of this ridicule, Ian Spector, the creator of the Chuck Norris Random Fact Generator, said he’s become “jaded” as a result of his rise to Internet success. “What I did, it doesn’t serve any practical purpose. It?...
...team’s most valuable player. Taylor led the Crimson offense with 35 points, including 12 goals in his senior campaign. His counterpart, David MacDonald, received the Ralph “Cooney” Weiland Award for devotion to the game, along with fellow senior Tyler Magura. Sophomore Ian Tallett received the Donald Angier Hockey Trophy, awarded to the team’s most improved player, while Michael Biega and Matt McCollem earned the George Percy Award as the team’s top freshmen performers. —CRIMSON STAFF