Gloating before battle starts
The News Review:
- Gloating before battle starts
- From abroad, a lifeline to US auto workers
- In the dark.(Short story)
Gloating before battle starts
NEWS.com.au – news.com.au – Jun 22, 2005
Now it rarely shines on a home-grown Briton. At least in most of their sporting teams. Ah, the joy of sport in England. Wandering over to Lord’s to watch a one-dayer between Australia and a United Nations side masquerading as England. Listening to the historic ground resonate with great names such as Tony Greig, Allan Lamb, Robin Smith, Andy Caddick and Graham Hick…
The Poms have the same sign hanging off Brighton Pier, but they added an extra line. “Send these, the homeless, the tempest-tossed to me. “And we’ll put them in our sporting teams and pretend they’re home grown. They were going to make offers to Japanese sportsmen but they could not reach agreement. The whale wouldn’t fit in the Thames. One day Australia will lose the Ashes to England and it will be as horrific as waking up after a night on the drink in a room full of images of Camilla Parker Bowles. But it won’t be this year.
From abroad, a lifeline to US auto workers
International Herald Tribune – Jun 22, 2005
The automobile industry in America is not dying – it is just changing hands. In other industries, American manufacturers have been some of the most aggressive investors abroad. But in the case of the auto industry, the competition has been brought right to Detroit's doorstep as the strongest foreign companies are moving to states eager for their investments and hiring workers seeking the stability that home-grown companies can no longer offer. As Today in Business with Reuters.
In the dark.(Short story)
Free with registration – Southerly – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 22, 2005
I am afraid of falling apart so there is nothing left to be set free. Most of all I am afraid of the dark. In the State Records Office the fluorescent light made the librarian’s skin look yellow. She raised her dark eyebrows and tapped at the desk.