australian-politics.blogspot.com - 1/29/2009
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SPECIAL AUSTRALIA DAY COVERAGE Five reports from yesterday below. The mundane report of my own personal Australia day can be found here . Australian patience with immigrant crime (despite official attempts to hide it) and demands for special treatment is beginning to run out And, sadly, ...
megaessays.com - 1/29/2009
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megaessays.com —
The One Day Of The Year, an influential
play written by Alan Seymour, takes a contentious look...
at ANZAC Day and the emotions provoked amongst the people of Australia in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The reactions of the day amongst the characters ...
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The One Day Of The Year essays
blogs.dailymail.com - 2/1/2009
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Australian newspaper: “Our health system basically ‘broke’.”
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Obamacare
huffingtonpost.com - 1/30/2009
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MELBOURNE, Australia — After five arduous hours, Rafael
Nadal couldn't hold back the tears when he pulled...
within a point of making the Australian Open final. Yet he managed to compose himself and held off Fernando Verdasco in five sets. Verdasco double-faulted after saving two match ...
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Australian Open Final: Nadal To Face Federer
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Dissecting Leftism —
... purpose. That never used to be the case. And even Australians of East Asian origin (of whom Australia has many) sometimes get into the spirit and wear Australian symbols -- such as the flag -- on their clothing. They see no problems with what the British wrought here and are glad to be Australians. So the Leftist attack on Australian patriotism has in fact energized it and made it an occasion for coming together. I gave an extended coverage of the Australia day just past on my AUSTRALIAN POLITICS blog. ...
Grabbing traditions that the Left have not yet managed to destroy
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... for that purpose. That never used to be the case. And even Australians of East Asian origin (of whom Australia has many) sometimes get into the spirit and wear Australian symbols — such as the flag — on their clothing. They see no problems with what the British wrought here and are glad to be Australians. So the Leftist attack on Australian patriotism has in fact energized it and made it an occasion for coming together. I gave an extended coverage of the Australia day just past on my AUSTRALIAN POLITICS blog. Just a very small point to end up with: In my childhood I was often ...
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