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Life of Riley: Two legged eating
to be — when not offering visionary and insightful comment on the problems of everyday life — a bit ... are freedoms unworthy of the name. It is time we recognised and accepted as part of our way of life ... Two legged eating Two legged eating A number of people have asked me to offer a definitive ...
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Life of Riley: Entrance examination — Australia
Candidates must answer four questions: both parts of Section A, and two questions from Section B. ... All of Section C is compulsory. Marks will be awarded for correctness of the answers; none for ... fluency in some other European language is now a condition of entry. PART I: Translate any two of the ...
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Life of Riley: Toot this and toot that
boy's got problems" — and now I believe them. All I wanted out of life was my share of the happily ... everything dies. Except in the original French, it had a line of toute s in it — being, as it were, a French ... thing to say. But my linguistic skills are no longer up to the task of offering you a larger sample of ...
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Life of Riley: The Wall
dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the chain of events that followed closed a chapter on the life and times of ... The Wall What could be more symbolic than thousands of people using their bare hands, chisels and ... was a structural representation of Communism/Joe Stalin/the Iron Curtain/the Cold War/the Evil ...
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Life of Riley: Winston
what's been happening in the life of his Canberra-based look-alike. Sometimes it just breaks my heart to ... leader of the nation. By Dave Riley <dhell@ozemail.com.au> February 9, 2000 392 ... Winston Regular readers of this column may recall Winston — the John Howard look-alike figure we ...
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Life of Riley: Mr Pot is alive and well and living in Thredbo
labouring all day and all night on the side of Australia's highest mountain, hoping to find life among ... a life that the tragic history of Cambodia seemed always to deny him. "Having a wonderful ... beneath tons of rubble and amid the nighttime chill, someone could survive. Rescue workers have been ...
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Life of Riley: 'Reformasi' has had its day
mobilisation of the masses within the framework of the campaign is over. That's it. You've all had ... is the business of the armed forces — which is no one else's business but ours. All thoughts to ... the contrary which may be retained by any segment of the population have another thing coming. Yes ...
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Life of Riley: Australia Day 1999
big fella stretched out in sun drying. Sunburnt. Sleepy. Empty. You lucky bastard of a country. You ... say what they want you to say. You say: let's go for a swim. So you stretch out on the border of ... sand with the 15+ and the kids, and work on your melanoma. You sleep in this land of the real long ...
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Life of Riley: Mal returns to form
Mal returns to form 'Tis a delightful irony of Australian politics that Malcolm Fraser should ... reinvent himself as a radical. Anyone who has been cohabiting with the man within the four walls of ... a friend of the Downtrodden and Oppressed. Indeed, he played for the other side: centre half forward and, ...
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Life of Riley: Every home should have one
way of life relies on live-in pollinators and a master bedroom which features regular slap and tickle ... Every home should have one I wonder if I could have a few moments of your time? I feel that it is ... everyday business often with strict regard to certain well-established norms of behaviour. In this regard, ...
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Life of Riley: This talkback thing
on. But the likes of me and my wife, honest folk who keep to themselves, all we want out of life is to ... appreciated. You are. You are. And this talkback thing — well it was so kind of Mr Laws to hand over his ... There's too much of it. Squealing and screeching, jumping up and down. All they know about is how to carry ...
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Life of Riley
rest of us to get stuffed. If you want a world with openings, if you want to get ahead in life ... to get ahead you need to jockey for a position. Once there you should be set for life. But despite ... a little hole in the social fabric of society into which you could squeeze. Currently there are fewer ...
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Life of Riley: Dem damn Dems!
wardrobe of life. Think again! The Dems are a player and a key player at that. What we have here is the ... difficult to be bored right now wouldn't it? At this precise moment of historical time, I mean. What ... with a bang up shootin' war courtesy of Bill Clinton and NATO, 50 Aussie wallopers soon set to ...
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Life of Riley: (If It Could) A foetus speaks
nine months I'm on my own. For 50 years of my life to come nobody will care for me. I'll just ... (If It Could) A foetus speaks They all take care of me: the church, the state, the doctors and ... You see, we unborn get it good even if we don't know who we are. Come to think of it — and ...
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Life of Riley: Sentenced to history
Sentenced to history It is a feature of existence, often noted in the circles within which I move, ... immutable law, but it sure resembles the way the cookie so often crumbles. History has a way of plodding ... ever onward, despite any number of New Year's resolutions to the contrary. Time and tide, as they ...
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Life of Riley: Chesty Bond's undies
of it, Mr Bond. Underneath, the plain people of Australia will still be wearing you next to them. ... Sweaty armpits. Gluteus maximus. Nipples (x2). The nation's genitalia. Think of it, Mr Bond. ... as a true blue, dinky dye, Australian type company... And proud of it. We'll do right by you ...
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Life of Riley: A metaphor
A metaphor Hey! Wait up, Little John! You're moving as fast as those little legs of yours ... as he ran up and down in his new pair of red Speedos. Honest to goodness, John. I sometimes think you ... lifestyle, health and fitness? — No. (Pant) Baywatch. Yeah. Right. — It's something of a metaphor (pant) ...
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Life of Riley: PC or no PC, that is the question
said, that your run-of-the-mill leftie is very hard to amuse. They look for overtones, undertones, ... the twin poles of socialism or barbarism it's a touch difficult to crack a smile. Take the ... being sentenced to centuries of class struggle? It is such notions that are sure to put a damper on your ...
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Life of Riley: The story so far
The story so far The story so far Synopsis, being a summary of what has gone before, for the ... benefit of those who have only recently joined us: THE HIRED HELP arrive in Port Moresby only to be told ... But on the streets of Port Moresby, RIOTING MOBS clash with police, schools and government offices are ...
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Life of Riley: Fiddling on the margins
until 1616. Great times were had by all. What with the bubonic plague and the great fire of London ... up and necked their king. Charles I was executed in 1649 with the avid support of folk like the two ... Johns: Milton and Bunyan. If you are in the least literary, it comes as something of a surprise to learn ...