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...building is not architecturally suited to being a full-time museum. So Takubo says he has no idea when the treasures will be on public display again?or if he will be around when it happens. "It could be 33 more years," he says, looking back at the inner sanctum filled with flowers. "It could be 125. I hope not, but it could...
Anne Baxter plays a an aspiring actress who will do anything to get ahead, including carefully climbing her way into the inner circle of the biggest Broadway star of the time (played by superstar Bette Davis). Luckily, she has more than pluck on her side. She also has a cynical big-name critic on her side (George Saunders) who understands the game better than anyone else and is bringing her into the big-leagues for his own murky reasons. All About Eve is billed as the ultimate backstage story, and it deserves the recognition. A fun and crass and campy...
...More important, however, is the where. In Latham's infancy, his working-class family moved from inner Sydney to one of the nation's major experiments in public housing - the Green Valley estate on the city's southwestern fringe. The area was settled before basic services - sewerage, hospitals, child care, transport and leisure facilities - were established. The self-proclaimed champion of the urban sprawl was Labor leader Whitlam, federal member for Werriwa (1952-78). He put suburban issues into the mainstream of politics. "I was always interested in why Green Valley didn't have the sort of facilities that other...
...with Greens leader Bob Brown earlier in the year, Latham seemed disengaged; his bearings were out of whack and he was subdued, Brown says. To remain fresh, Latham will also have to master distinguishing the meaningful from the banal when he tells his story. Launching a dental program in inner Sydney, Latham revealed to journalists and state politicians that he, too, had teeth and had visited a dentist. Aged 13, he'd chipped a tooth in junior league and had to go and see Nelson Wong in Ingleburn to have it fixed...
...Labor, and the broader political agenda, is arguably more pronounced than Latham's. His mind appears more supple and open than his colleague's, reflecting a broader life experience and cultural knowledge. Quiet and serious, he doesn't do the "matey" thing. Yet as he moves around his inner-city electorate on a cold September day - from a drop-in center for the poor to an informal lunch with Greek pensioners - Tanner exudes warmth and empathy...