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In the News (Tue 22 Dec 09)

  
  Edward Hawke
Hawke had married a lady of fortune in Yorkshire, Catherine Brook, in 1737, and was able to meet the expenses entailed by a seat in parliament, which were considerable at a time when votes were openly paid for by money down.
Hawke was sent to sea to intercept a French squadron which had been cruising near Gibraltar, but a restriction was put on the limits within which he might cruise, and he failed to meet the French.
Hawke, however, pursued without hesitation, though it was well on in the afternoon before he caught up the rear of the French fleet, and dark by the time the two fleets were in the bay.
www.nndb.com /people/164/000101858   (2261 words)

  
 Bob Hawke on his loves, legacies and life after politics - theage.com.au
Hawke recalls the mood of resignation in his cabinet when the issue was raised in 1989.
Hawke disagreed and recruited his friend Jacques Cousteau, the underwater explorer and environmentalist, to help him forge an alliance with the French that saw the entire area protected as a nature reserve and land of science.
Hawke is proud of the changes that have become entrenched and laments those he says have been undone by the Howard Government, such as the increase in spending on research and development.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/02/28/1046407750547.html   (1605 words)

  
 Bob Hawke - Avoo - Ask Us A Question - Robert James Lee 'Bob' Hawke AC (born 9 December 1929) is a former Australian ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Hawke abandoned his Christian beliefs as a young man and by the time he entered politics he was a self-described agnostic.
Hawke declared publicly that "socialist is not a word I would use to describe myself" and his approach to government was pragmatic.
Hawke had himself sworn in as Treasurer for one day while he decided between the rival claims of Ralph Willis and John Kerin for the job, eventually choosing Kerin, who proved to be unequal to the job.
www.sanpablocaus.com /section/Bob_Hawke   (2456 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Bob Hawke
Robert James Lee 'Bob' Hawke AC (born 9 December 1929) is a former Australian trade union leader turned politician who became the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia.
His academic achievements were possibly outweighed by the notoriety he achieved as the holder of a world record for the fastest consumption of beer: a yard glass (approximately 3 imperial pints or 1.7 litres) in eleven seconds.
Hawke declared publicly that "socialist is not a word I would use to describe myself" and his approach to government was pragmatic.He concerned himself with making improvements to workers' lives from within the traditional institutions of government, rather than to any ideological theory.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Bob_Hawke   (2556 words)

  
 NABE Washington Policy Conference - John Hawke
Supervisory responsibility was divided between the central bank and the ministry of finance.
First -- and I can't stress this enough - it's important that we not indulge in premature celebration over the news from the front, as it were, because conditions on the battlefield are subject to change.
As I said at the outset, the new global economy undoubtedly has many surprises in store for us in the months ahead, and any sense of relief and satisfaction we might feel over the present condition of the banking system must be leavened by a large measure of caution -- and humility.
www.nabe.com /ps2002/hawke.html   (3228 words)

  
 A Short History of the Emigrant Office
Hawke reported to Colborne's Civil Secretary and, as Chief Agent, had the authority to appoint and instruct agents under him.
At first, the connections between the Emigrant Office and the Office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands were fairly close, as indicated by financial and other records.
Hawke's letterbooks show, however, that Buchanan was still influential in the running of day-to-day operations.
www.archives.gov.on.ca /english/db/hawke_history.htm   (959 words)

  
 SPLCenter.org: Knight of Freedom
Before he created his "Ministry of Racial Unity," before he built his own modern-day SS ("Security Service") to ferret out race traitors and Jewish agents — before, in fact, he left his mom's house in the wealthy suburbs of Boston to go away to school — this wannabe fuhrer was named Andy Greenbaum.
Until recently, Hawke appeared to be something of a comer on the white supremacist scene.
Hawke did call for his members to march in the streets after the KOF got some press in February, but they haven't.
www.splcenter.org /intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=344   (1460 words)

  
 Parliament of Australia: House of Representatives:
A first speech in the national Parliament only gives me a few minutes to express gratitude to colleagues, as well as to place on record my primary interest in national and local affairs.
It is our duty, as national leaders, to ensure that the inevitable sacrifices flowing from unemployment are equitably borne; that fundamental principles of justice are preserved and applied; that all the nation's resources of intellect and expertise are drawn into the struggle to combat unemployment.
The great strength of the Keating Government, and the Hawke Government before it, was that unlike the United Kingdom and the United States, in the 1980s Australia did not throw the baby out with the bathwater and completely adopt laissez-faire economics in all of its economic policies.
www.aph.gov.au /house/members/firstspeech.asp?id=2V5   (2937 words)

  
 Parliament of Australia: House of Representatives:
It is salutary to reflect that those countries that have been prepared to accept the legitimacy of the role of the trade union movement and to work with it have shown themselves better able to make the necessary adjustments in these difficult economic times.
Hawke, ALP 320 words (approximately 10% of the total), Peacock, Liberal Party, 40, (0.4%).
In that process I am committed to placing the national interest first and developing through consultation and cooperation the most effective mechanisms for creating a more just and equitable society, and one best equipped to meet the challenges of the twenty first century.
www.aph.gov.au /house/members/firstspeech.asp?id=dt4   (2810 words)

  
 Archives of Ontario Microfilm : Anthony B. Hawke Papers
Hawke was the first specialized emigrant agent assigned to assist immigrants in settling Upper Canada (which became Canada West, and then Ontario).
Hawke's letterbooks (RG 11-1) offer a detailed picture of the Chief Emigrant Agent's daily work and issues relating to immigration during the period 1835-1869.
Hawke reported to his superiors on local employment and living conditions, characteristics of arriving immigrants and problems in implementing policies.
www.archives.gov.on.ca /english/interloan/hawkes.htm   (702 words)

  
 Growfish - Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network (GAIN)
A NZ$20 million, Maori-backed venture in Hawke's Bay is set to lead New Zealand in a new form of mussel farming.
Now the ministry has given the go-ahead and its senior fisheries management adviser, Scott Williamson, said yesterday several more applications for large, open-ocean farms were now being processed.
The Napier farm was the first of its type in New Zealand, Mr Williamson said.
www.growfish.com.au /content.asp?contentid=1462   (304 words)

  
 Biography for Uma Thurman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Worse, her first starring role was in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993), which had endured a tortured journey from cult-favorite book to big-budget movie, and was a critical and financial debacle.
Uma and Ethan Hawke's daughter's name is Maya; which is also the name of the character that Uma played in Duke of Groove (1996) (TV).
She is on the Board of Directors of Room to Grow, a non-profit organization founded by Rob Reiner, dedicated to enriching the lives of babies born into poverty throughout their critical first 3 years of development.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0000235/bio   (2138 words)

  
 Labor mates mark Hawke's 1983 victory - theage.com.au
Glowing under Prime Minister John Howard's praise of him as the best Labor prime minister in living memory, Bob Hawke dined in Canberra last night to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his ascent to power.
Several members of the first Hawke ministry turned out for the dinner, hosted by senior Victorian senator Robert Ray.
In a Lateline interview on Tuesday, Mr Hawke was less polite about Mr Howard's performance, dismissing his claims this week that Medicare had never been intended to provide universal bulk-billing.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/05/1046826435877.html   (254 words)

  
 First World War memorials register - NZHistory.net.nz
This register of 453 public First World War memorials was compiled by Jock Phillips during the writing of the book he co-authored with Chris Maclean, The Sorrow and the Pride: New Zealand War Memorials (1990).
We would be most grateful if interested members of the public could check their local First World War memorial and see if there are any gaps that they could fill, including images for entries where these are missing from the register.
NZHistory.net.nz is produced by the History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
www.nzhistory.net.nz /war/first-world-war-memorials   (430 words)

  
 Hawke's learning tricks : International
Hawke says: 'I did the memorisation to improve my memory.
When I was 16, I memorised the first 15 pages of 'Catcher in the Rye', pagesix.com reported.
Hawke revealed this during a dinner at the New York Public Library Lions programme.
www.nerve.in /news:2535005394   (235 words)

  
 The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library
At the ninth Annual Hawke Lecture presented by Greg Combet, Manager of the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library, Jenni Jeremy, was able to welcome Bob Hawke, Rosemary Crowley and Chris Hurford all of whom have deposited their personal papers in the archives of the Hawke Library.
First PhD student to research the archives at the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library and conference speaker at the Library’s first national conference in 2001, Dr James Curran has published ‘The Power of Speech; Australian prime ministers defining the national image’.
The oil on canvas portrait of former Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, was unveiled by the Vice Chancellor and President of the University of South Australia, Professor Denise Bradley AO, in August 2001.
www.unisa.edu.au /hawkecentre/library/new.asp   (968 words)

  
 George S. Hawke, meteorology
Hawke is a senior environmental consultant with an electricity supply company in Sydney, Australia.
He holds a B.S. with first class honors in physics from the University of Sydney, and a Ph.D. in air pollution meteorology from Macquarie University.
Over the past 22 years, Dr. Hawke has worked as an environmental scientist and environmental consultant for a state government regulatory authority and the electrical power industry.
www.answersingenesis.org /home/area/isd/hawke.asp   (1926 words)

  
 Hawke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
At the Congregational Meeting on Sunday, January 22, 2006, the call to the Rev. Mark Hawke was unanimously approved, and he began his ministry among us on February 19.
Originally from Boulder, CO, The Rev. Hawke is a graduate of Whitworth College (Bachelor of Arts in Business Management and Religion) and Princeton Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity).
Hawke was ordained as Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1999.
www.fpcolathe.org /Hawke.html   (611 words)

  
 Bob Hawke information - Search.com
Among other things, the Hawke Government floated the Australian dollar, deregulated the financial system, overhauled the tariff system, privatised state sector industries, ended subsidisation of loss-making industries, and sold off the state-owned Commonwealth Bank of Australia - all reforms that in other Western countries would have been performed by right-wing governments.
In 1988 Hawke had responded to pressure from Keating to step down by making a secret agreement (the so-called "Kirribilli compact") to resign in favour of Keating some time after winning the 1990 elections.
After Keating made a speech to the Parliamentary press gallery that Hawke considered disloyal, Hawke indicated to Keating that he would renege on the agreement.
www.search.com /reference/Bob_Hawke   (2482 words)

  
 Guerrilla Matilda
Two decades ago when the first Hawke ministry was sworn in, I interviewed the new defence minister, Gordon Scholes, and asked him about plans for our own guerrilla warfare deterrent capability.
In this regard, Labor has made the first noises of heading in the right direction, with the Latham-Beazley statement in Darwin, but what Australia really needs is a total overhaul of its intelligence and defence strategies.
Apart from the fact that such an invasion of a sovereign nation is illegal and likely to be met with a justified and legal response, probably from a better armed service with superior intelligence, the Howard pre-emption doctrine approves others doing the same to us.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/dingonet/guerrill.htm   (897 words)

  
 Idle Labor will die, faction by fraction - Opinion - smh.com.au
First, soon after the last election, Kelvin Thomson, the member for Wills in Victoria, called on Labor to think about adopting a system in which the leader picks the ministry or shadow ministry, as happens with the Liberal Party.
The best possible system is likely to be a ministry or shadow ministry elected by a full free vote of caucus.
To clear the factions out of the system, we need to send a message right from the top that change is required and the ministry or shadow ministry is not a creature of the factional system.
www.smh.com.au /news/opinion/idle-labor-will-die-faction-by-fraction/2006/03/07/1141701508509.html   (889 words)

  
 The World Today - Beazley's political career comes to an end
Kim Beazley was first elected to Federal Parliament in the 1980 election.
As a protege of Bob Hawke he was appointed minister for aviation in the first Hawke ministry and then became minister for defence, and a member of Cabinet in 1984.
He stood by Bob Hawke during his leadership battles with Paul Keating and become deputy PM in 1996.
www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2006/s1803569.htm   (650 words)

  
 ORMOND, Hon. John Davies - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
As might be expected of one of the first settlers in the province, Ormond took a keen interest in promoting public works and immigration.
He was largely responsible for the Hawke's Bay Provincial Education Ordinance and always kept an interested eye upon its operation – in fact, there was, during his superintendency, one occasion when, in order to assist the inspector who was ill, Ormond personally inspected several of the province's schools.
Ormond was the chairman of the first Hawke's Bay Rivers Board where he made a great effort to induce the district to agree upon a uniform plan for soil conservation and river control.
www.teara.govt.nz /1966/O/OrmondHonJohnDavies/OrmondHonJohnDavies/en   (1469 words)

  
 Creationist Environmental Scientist: Dr George Hawke
with first class honours in Physics, from the University of Sydney followed by a Ph.D. in air pollution meteorology from Macquarie University.
Hawke has been involved with two groups that investigated relationships between Christianity and the environment, one associated with the Scripture Union Bushwalking Club and the other with the precursor of the NSW Environment Protection Authority.
The Hawke family is involved in all aspects of their church.
www.answersingenesis.org /docs/561.asp   (285 words)

  
 Scoop: Ministry of Health improves contracting practices
The challenge for the Ministry is turning the development of policy into everyday practice given the huge range of contracting activity undertaken.
The Ministry has established an internal advisory group as a way of continuing to review the implementation of the policy.
A finding of the report was that Ministry processes were not always documented in a way which collated all the relevant information in readily accessible files.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/GE0602/S00018.htm   (2246 words)

  
 Reviews: Assault on Precinct 13 - Christianity Today Movies
As the Detroit police close in for his capture, a series of events is set in motion that begins with a dead body in the sanctuary and concludes with corpses strewn all through a police precinct in the dead of a snow-buried night.
Hawke fully commits to the poorly written role of Roenick, a cop sinking into sarcasm and regret after losing his partners in a drug bust.
Here, Hawke makes some awful dialogue sound pretty good, and he's convincing in his desperate attempts to improvise order in the midst of chaos.
www.christianitytoday.com /movies/reviews/assaultonprecinct13.html   (2187 words)

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