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“Put on your lights and colours<br />
Your dress of cloud and tree,<br />
O Earth, come out to meet me,<br />
And spend today with me.”)<br />
On January 18th, the Kanangra, a 68 years old doub<strong>le</strong>-decker wins the Great<br />
Ferry Boat Race. (Jacques Voisin crosses the Harbour Bridge to see Matilda<br />
Jones for the last time. On the way back to Belfield, he uses the Pyrmont<br />
Bridge in order to avoid heavy traffic and the toll).<br />
October 1, 1992: Commenting the row over Deputy Prime Minister Brian<br />
Howe’s remarks about Noeline Donaher, Laurie, her husband, declares:<br />
“We’re sick of all this. I’d hate to be a movie star. ... It’s the after-effects.<br />
You forget we are real peop<strong>le</strong> with real jobs.”<br />
“The Sylvania Waters mob are what they appear to be... Sylvania Waters is<br />
the unacceptab<strong>le</strong> face of reality,”states Eddie Raggett, of Mosman.<br />
Same day, Sydney weather forecast: 21 Fine. Southwest winds 15 knots<br />
turning southerly this afternoon.<br />
It seems that the news are getting smal<strong>le</strong>r, dul<strong>le</strong>r and <strong>le</strong>ss varied as time goes<br />
by. It seems that nothing in the world can alter the course of things. It seems<br />
that all we watch on TV nowadays is loud commercials. It seems that we’ll<br />
never see another birthday party. It seems that our dreams were shattered but<br />
we should not make it sound so dramatic. It seems that more and more peop<strong>le</strong><br />
will enjoy staying at home for a holiday. It seems that the film industry is<br />
experiencing more and more difficulties in producing box office hits. It seems<br />
that, on educational matters, we still have a long way to go to reach world<br />
standards. It seems that Labour is going to lose the next e<strong>le</strong>ctions. It seems<br />
that it will make litt<strong>le</strong> difference. It seems that solar energy is not about to<br />
replace fossil fuels. It seems that the joy of sex is not as popular as it was<br />
after the sexual revolution. It seems that the victory of the Broncos was no<br />
surprise. It seems that the latest heavy losses were to be expected for BHP<br />
shareholders. It seems that the moratorium on atomic tests will be lifted. It<br />
seems that we need to sell more abroad and buy <strong>le</strong>ss from Japan. It seems<br />
that we shall not end up together after all. It seems that a radical change in<br />
weather patterns is coming unnoticed. It seems that Alan Bond will buy<br />
another Van Gogh when he finishes his jail term. It seems that no area of<br />
Australia is really safe as far as earthquake danger is concerned. It seems<br />
that we had the life we deserved. It seems that very soon we could read the<br />
following list in the paper:<br />
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