Word: mcmahons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...revelation prompted a flurry of embarrassed denials from Australian Prime Minister William McMahon's government. Officials insisted that only one Communist student has been admitted to Australia since it quietly agreed to try Lee's novel "rehabilitation" program last year. But more than 1,000 young Singaporeans come to Australian campuses each year, and it is no secret that some of them have been Maoists or assorted other troublemakers. Unhappy Australian conservatives are not impressed by the fact that Singaporean firebrands have also been sent, with no disastrous effects, to Canada and New Zealand (although not to Britain...
...danger. Actually, Nader's basic project was a more familiar one: he was giving a series of lectures to raise money for the consumer cause, and in his talks he criticized Australian auto safety as five years behind U.S. standards. To this, Prime Minister William McMahon responded with a harrumph: "He's a paid pot stirrer...
Exeter narrowed Harvard's lead to 4-2 with a breakaway goal by Sean Hanley at 3:18 of the final period. But 12 minutes later the Yardling's Jim McMahon skated down the left wing and popped a shot into the right-hand corner to give Harvard a three-goal advantage...
...Australia's elections later this year, one issue that may affect the outcome is 30 years old. The problem facing Liberal Prime Minister William McMahon, who has a tough fight ahead to stay in office, is how to handle the country's World War II archives, which are supposed to stay sealed until...
Many Australians have urged the government to open up the archives immediately to get things settled once and for all. But what Prime Minister wants to risk shattering one of his country's most cherished images? Last week McMahon adroitly managed to have it both ways. He will release the records, he said-but only those that are not contrary to the public interest. The sorting-out process will take at least six months-by which time the elections should be safely over...