Born in 1920, and living through the heyday of Australia’s development in the twentieth century, Dad loved stories about Australian pioneers of all sorts, from the exploits of Charles Kingsford-Smith to those of cattle kings like the Duracks. Mary Durack’sKings in grass castleswas one of ...
By Barnes, John Newspaper article from The Independent (London, England) Read a preview now Contributors: Barnes, John Publication: The Independent (London, England) Date: September 21, 2006 Subjects: Dodds-Parker,Arthur Douglas Churchill, Winston S Nasser, Gamal Abdel (1918-70)Read...
valuable aid in his education and found friends among newspapermen wherever he went. He taught at Baltimore City College from 1902 to 1906, and from 1906 to 1911 he was assistant principal and professor of literature and pedagogy at Millersville State Normal, the first normal School in the stat...
Dan’s 30-year career in journalism started at a small newspaper in rural North Florida. He went on to write for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Bradenton Herald (1977-1985), before moving across the country to the Bay Area to become the Alameda County bureau chief for The San Jose ...
By Vallance, Tom Newspaper article from The Independent (London, England) Article detailsBeginning of article A champion body-builder, the Hungarian-born Mickey Hargitay won the Mr Universe title in 1955, and became one of the muscle-men backing Mae West in her renowned night-club act, but ...
Newspaper article from The Independent (London, England) Article details Beginning of article Section 32 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, which set out the statutory scheme for the recall to prison of life-sentence prisoners who had been released on licence, was not incompatible with article...