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A plea on behalf of Eros.(Australia)
EUROPEAN COLONISATION, an enormity summarised by Jared Diamond as Guns, Germs and Steel, was bound to have an exceptionally harsh effect on Stone Age hunter-gatherers such as the Canadian Innu and the Australian Aborigine. Indeed, there has never been a hunter-gatherer people successfully civilised. But nor has any civilised people successfully reverted to the Stone Age.
Our colonisers, in the days of the French Revolution, were for the most part Protestant Christians conversant with what Jacques Barzun sees as the Protestant impetus behind that Revolution, the notion of intrinsic rights. So a spiritual anodyne was offered to those dispossessed by the British on ...
- Cathy Freeman, an omnipresent illusion for some of Australia's...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Killion, Ann September 23, 2000 700+ words
...SYDNEY, Australia _ They call her "Our Cathy," and when Cathy Freeman takes her place in the blocks on Monday night for the start...I was more concerned about what people would think of Cathy Freeman lighting the torch _ of the criticism, the negative side...
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- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Dimmler, Eleni Nowak, Rachel August 20, 2001 700+ words
...event. At 1994's Commonwealth Games in Canada, runner Cathy Freeman hoisted the red, black, and ochre banner for her victory...loved by others." Yet to accomplish: Having children. Cathy Freeman: My Hero " That's really a tough one because everybody...
- LET'S CALL A TRUCE; Sonia O'Sullivan's peace offer to her lover's ex, Cathy...
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) March 4, 2001 700+ words
...EAMONN O'HANLON SONIA O'SULLIVAN has pleaded with arch rival Cathy Freeman to end the pounds 1.5m legal battle with the champion Irish...PEACE DEAL: Sonia and Nick, above, want to clear the air with Cathy Freeman, top right
- Cathy Freeman Gold.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) September 25, 2000 700+ words
AUSTRALIAN golden girl Cathy Freeman took the Olympic 400m title in Sydney today as Birmingham's Katharine Merry ran the race of her life to snatch bronze. Freeman...
- Cathy Freeman lights up Olympic stadium.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Alfano, Pete September 22, 2000 700+ words
...when the gun sounded to start the race, a deafening roar from a crowd of 110,000 filled the air, subsiding only when Cathy Freeman crossed the finish line in first place. Adam Nelson, the U.S. shot putter who won a silver medal, had anticipated the...
- The night belongs to Cathy Freeman.(The Orange County Register)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Whicker, Mark September 25, 2000 700+ words
...rejoiced by the radio. She was Jesse Owens, refuting the Fuhrer's claims of racial superiority while he watched. She was Cathy Freeman, running the most famous lap in the history of Australian sport. Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Mark McGwire _ they know...
- BancorpSouth.(People to Watch)(appointments, Cathy Freeman )(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal January 12, 2004 700+ words
...native of Crystal Springs, Dickson earned has bachelor's degree in banking and finance from Mississippi State University. Cathy Freeman has been promoted at BancorpSouth to senior vice president. Since joining the bank in 1990, Freeman has served in the student...
- Laureus World Sports Awards In Monte Carlo Honors Year's Best Athletes.(Tiger...
- Magazine article from: Jet June 18, 2001 700+ words
...World Sports Awards recently held in Monte Carlo on the French Riviera. Australian Olympic gold medal-winning track star Cathy Freeman was voted Sportswoman of the Year. The Laureus World Sports Award recognizes athletes across all sporting disciplines...
Source: HighBeam Research, A plea on behalf of Eros.(Australia)