Word: saves
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Australians have always returned to that reliable old import, God Save the Queen. During the 1972 election campaign, Labor Party Leader Gough Whitlam said that no self-respecting country should wave its flag to the words and music of its former colonial overlord. One of his first acts as Prime Minister was to begin still another search for a new song more befitting "our national aspirations." Although the government offered a prize of $14,850 to the winner, none of the thousands of entries was thought worthy of a kangaroo lullaby, let alone a national anthem. In desperation, the government...
...official tune, some sour Australians would just as soon whistle Dixie. The Women's Electoral Lobby, a liberationist group, objected to the male chauvinism of the opening line: "Australia's sons, let us rejoice." Other complainers pointed out with obstinate but irrefutable logic that God Save the Queen was almost anti-British in comparison with the obsequious lyrics of Advance Australia Fair, which was written and composed by an emigrant Scottish carpenter around 1878. Sample lyrics...
When the Library Corporation announced earlier this month that the monumental 85-foot-high glass pyramid would be replaced by a lower-slung brick museum, community groups attacked the move as a "cosmetic" change. They said the alteration in the museum was designed only to save money without cutting down the square footage--or the scale--of the museum itself. In addition, critics claimed architect I.M. Pei's separation of the library complex into two buildings was a small concession to professors who did not want tourists tramping down their ivy-covered hallways...
Pantoloni picked up the save, just. Hogan lashed one back at the box that hit Pantoloni in the arm, glanced to short stop Pete Jackson who threw out Hogan by a step for Tipton's celebration...
Although the programs are costly, they actually save money in the long run because they can salvage valuable careers...