Word: sydney
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...ambrotype photograph of her convict forebear, Upfold sounds proud and protective. She will not brook any suggestion that Anne Dunne was other than a brave soul who endured a myriad of hardships while at the female factory in the settlement of Parramatta, now a commercial center in western Sydney. Dunne eventually married a lifer named James Tompkins and experienced, Upfold speculates, times of joy in a land where she chose to live out her post-convict years. "In life, you've got to go forward," Upfold says...
...weakness of Pakistan's new government to recruit, train and arm more jihadis. This will boost its chances of hitting targets in the U.S. or Europe. Western nations must pressure and help the Pakistani government to crack down on al-Qaeda and the Taliban, its identical twin. Iftikhar Qureshi, SYDNEY...
...complex episode. Smith and Carlos acknowledge that while they had each other as a "shield," there was no one to protect Norman, who paid for his actions. Though a likely 200-m finalist at the Munich Games four years later, he wasn't sent. Nor was he invited to Sydney in 2000. While most Australians had forgotten him, black U.S. athletes hadn't. A group of them flew him to Sydney and treated him as a hero. Footage of his funeral shows Smith and Carlos carrying his casket...
Before the Pope and the crowds arrived, Sydney tried hard to be cynical about the whole affair. People asked why the government was spending $80 million on World Youth Day, a Catholics-only event. They grumbled that streets would be closed and traffic disrupted. Some feared the week-long festival of faith would overtax police and emergency workers. Racing fans were angry that the final Mass would lock up the city's biggest racetrack. Activist groups saw the event as a chance to protest against Catholic teachings on homosexuality and abortion, and demanded that Pope Benedict XVI apologize for sexual...
...Whether it was the sun or the smiles, Sydney thawed. "Go, pilgrims," called office workers lunching in the park opposite the city's St. Mary's Cathedral. The pilgrims were "pleasant people who don't swear or brawl," commented reader "Thomas" at the Daily Telegraph website, "and they treat each other with respect." Most of the populace seemed to approve. "People have been high-fiving us in the street," said Sydney Catholic Marcia Moses, who took part in the event...