Word: sydney
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vigor and flair than Herbert Evatt. A twangy-voiced, clumsily eloquent, self-made man from the New South Wales coal-mine area, he blended a superior mind, a well-nourished ego and a twelve-cylinder ambition into a striking career: he earned the highest marks in the history of Sydney University's law school, scored sensationally as a defense lawyer, wrote eleven books (including an angry defense of Captain Bligh against Hollywood's version of the Mutiny on the Bounty), became King's Counsel at 35 and a year later was made the youngest High Court judge...
...Western Australia, near Exmouth Gulf, oil drillers struck salt water at 3,600 feet, the same level at which a nearby well had hit oil. In two frenzied days of panic selling, some stocks dropped as much as 50% on the Sydney exchange; the total value of oil shares dropped an estimated $67 million. Australia's secretary...
From the dress and fashion industry's point of view, such a state of affairs was ideal. Cried Ohrbach's Sydney Gittler triumphantly: "The new simple lines are here for keeps...
...Motors. The rugged route was a test of men as well as motors. As the nerve-racking trial ground on, Sydney Garage Owner Jack Murray proved that his rowdy humor and his mechanical skill were an unbeatable combination. Along the way he touched off sticks of explosive gelignite that blew competitors out of much-needed rest. Outside Broome, Murray's 1948 Ford V-8 (which he uses for a tow car at home) ran out of gas; Murray promptly made a deal with another driver, whose car was stranded with burned-out bearings. After filling his Ford from...
...twisted frame, jettisoned half a ton of equipment for the climb across the Australian Alps and home. Wearing rubber monkey masks as a final gag, he and his navigator, Bill Murray (no kin), dawdled through the mountains, stopped now and then to take movies, and rolled into the Sydney show ground last week easy winners. In 17 days on the road they were the only entrants who lost no points...