Word: liffey
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...many Western democracies, Ireland included, have a tendency to shy away from politicians who are far more intelligent than themselves. Adlai Stevenson was one of the best examples of this. As for any politician completely understanding the global financial mess, well, sadly Einstein is not on any ballot. Robert Liffey, DUBLIN...
...verandah of his modest weatherboard cottage in the sun, looking out over a blaze of daffodils, describing in his even, unhurried voice the eating habits of crows and the swallows' nests under the eaves, Bob Brown is in his element. After buying this spectacularly beautiful piece of land at Liffey, in central Tasmania, in 1973, Brown lived here for a decade, choosing to do without phone or hot water, cooking in pots on the open fire, and cycling 100 km every weekend to work shifts as a general practitioner in Launceston...
...Back then, after a week-long fast in 1976 on the chilly summit of Hobart's Mount Wellington to protest against the visit of an American nuclear warship, Brown had a growing profile in Tasmania as a slightly eccentric, shy but deeply earnest young man. At Liffey he tried to write philosophy and "put forward ideas for a better world," but spent many days on this same verandah, in his overcoat as the snow fell around the cottage, despairing "that it was all too much...
...Greens believes his party's time is coming. After doubling their vote share to nearly 5% at the 2001 federal poll, and with the Democrats' vote tipped to slide again, Brown is predicting another doubling of his party's vote, to about 1 million. What changed for him at Liffey all those years ago, he says, was choosing to get involved: "To be part of the decision-making process is much more enjoyable than being sidelined and feeling powerless and depressed." His grandfather, father, twin sister Janice and two brothers may have been country police officers, but it was Brown...
...encompass many of the social justice issues that were once seen as the domain of the Labor Party, and after consistently opposing the indefinite detention of asylum seekers, Brown says the Greens' opposition to the Iraq war has won them many more converts among older voters. As the Liffey river dances and gurgles at the bottom of the slope, Brown says he's confident this will be a breakthrough election for the Greens, who one day want to be a serious contender for government. And how will the party safeguard its ideals along the way? "If further down the line...