Word: outback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...commission's wide-ranging investigation has helped to open the country's eyes to the plight of Aborigines. Ever since the First Fleet arrived from England in 1788 carrying British convicts, the Aborigines have been retreating from the land they held for 40,000 years -- to the outback and more recently to the seedy fringes of urban society...
OSCAR AND LUCINDA by Peter Carey. Two decidedly odd young Victorians, both addicted to gambling, meet by accident and hatch an improbable plan: to build a glass cathedral and put it in the Australian outback...
Stores can tailor private collections to their particular types of customers, from trend-happy adolescents to conservative executives. The fastest-growing brand of sportswear in the U.S. is The Limited chain's Outback Red, which sold more than $400 million last year. It began as a collection of Australian-inspired bush-country wear, and now features tamer English staples like jodhpurs and cable-knit sweaters. At Macy's, which sells an estimated 50 house brands, the Aeropostale line evokes the garb of 1920s French mail-plane pilots. The collection includes white silk scarves and rugged corduroy trousers. Macy's also...
...because what occurred to Chamberlain one night in 1980 was so improbably eerie, so Stephen Kingish really, that she found herself convicted of murder. With her husband Michael (Sam Neill), her two sons and her nine-week-old baby Azaria, she was in a crowded campsite in the Australian outback. She put the infant to bed in a tent, returned to the barbecue. Shortly, she heard Azaria cry out and saw a wild dog, a dingo, carrying the baby off into the wilderness. A search was organized, but neither animal nor prey was ever found...
Forget the downtown department store and the suburban shopping mall. Leave the catalogs on the coffee table and turn off the video-shopping channel. Hop into the car with a full bandolier of credit cards and head for the outback. Tucked away in Monterey, Calif.; Boaz, Ala.; Rockford, Mich.; Freeport, Me.; and a dozen odd small towns in between, scores of manufacturers' outlet stores are doing a land-office business by offering 25% to 70% savings. Along with the bargains, urban consumers enjoy a day in the country and engage in a venerable American dream -- the inalienable right to pursue...