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...will give you a four-year commitment for an apprenticeship, is the hard part." Von Drehnen says the AES can be too soft on its placements, delivering their lunch or driving them to work - generally making life too easy for them. He looks to senior men such as Nigel Swan and Lyndon "Charlie" Briggs to act as mentors for the younger "Murris" (the term for the local Kamilaroi people). In terms of racial harmony, on a scale of zero to ten, von Drehnen thinks the town is at about three. "Moree is much better than it used...
...sudden we have great depth in the secondary,” Murphy said. “We have four very experienced corners, and we’re in the best shape we’ve been in with the secondary in a long time.”Senior Swan SongTomorrow’s match-up against Penn will mark the last home game for Harvard’s senior class. As is tradition, a pregame ceremony will honor the seniors and their families.This year’s group of Crimson seniors does not boast the big name of a Ryan...
...legal strategy it may be limited, but as a propaganda swan-song it will allow him to paint himself in the great tradition of Arab heroes who went down fighting in the face of overwhelming force. But the court proceedings will likely also allow his victims to present their own narrative, which may undermine Saddam's bid for the mantle of Arab martyr...
...last week a single dead swan was spotted floating close to the riverbank near Maliuc, on the middle branch of the Danube. An old woman gently held the swan's head and showed it to onlookers. The peasants here are greatly affected by the death of these birds, which they believe are a symbol of purity and grace. Since then some 140 dead swans have been found, and the village itself is under strict quarantine. Residents are not allowed to go far. They stand watching the boats go by, but the only craft allowed to dock in Maliuc are military...
...least in Western Australia, where the two scientists are local heroes, and where I was once a medical writer for the local newspaper in Perth, my hometown. As a joke, Marshall, a gastroenterologist, and Warren, a now-retired pathologist, had even taken to sharing a beer down by the Swan River in Perth every year when the Nobel for medicine was announced...