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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Geoff Gallop (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Geoffrey Ian Gallop (born 27 September 1951), Australian academic and former politician, was the Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006.
Gallop was born in Geraldton and joined the Australian Labor Party in 1971.
Gallop is a strong supporter of the movement for an Australian republic, and took a leading role in the push for a directly-elected President during the 1998 Constitutional Convention in Canberra.
www.reference.com.cob-web.org:8888 /browse/wiki/Geoffrey_Gallop   (546 words)

  
 Geoff Gallop: out of the blue - National - smh.com.au
Gallop is ready to talk, for the first time, about his depression, an illness that affects an estimated one million Australians, according to the Melbourne-based beyondblue organisation.
Gallop says the answer is complicated, describing himself as a naturally anxious person and a perfectionist who managed his down periods over many years in typically male fashion - by ignoring or trivialising his feelings and pressing on with life - until he could no longer dismiss his demons.
Gallop flops onto the couch opposite to read a faxed question from a media outlet about the contents of a speech he is due to give the next day.
www.smh.com.au /news/national/geoff-gallop-out-of-the-blue/2006/07/08/1152240523148.html   (3549 words)

  
 Geoffrey Gallop: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Geoffrey Ian Gallop (born 27 September 1951) has been the Premier of Western Australia since 2001.
Prior to entering politics, Dr. Gallop worked as a tutor and lecturer at both Murdoch University[?] and the University of Western Australia (UWA), and was a City Councillor at Fremantle from 1983 to 1986.
Gallop is a keen historian and sportsman, and is an avid supporter of the Republic, taking a leading role in the push for a directly-elected President during the 1998 Constitutional Convention[?] in Canberra.
www.encyclopedian.com.cob-web.org:8888 /ge/Geoffrey-Gallop.html   (408 words)

  
 Literature.org - The Online Literature Library
Geoffrey's occupation of the moment especially favored the conflict between the woman's assertion of her influence and the man's assertion of his will.
Geoffrey put his arm round her waist, and walked her out of the room, and out of the house--taking the direction, not of the terrace, but of a fir plantation on the opposite side of the grounds.
Geoffrey led her back to a place (marked by a sapling with a little flag attached to it) at some short distance from the cottage.
www.literature.org /authors/collins-wilkie/man-and-wife/chapter-31.html   (5109 words)

  
 APVS - Journey to Enchantment
The gallop had brought roses into her cheeks, and her powdered hair made her slightly tanned skin seem the darker by contrast.
It was a young face, for she had just turned nineteen, and it was comely enough, as many a Scots lad had told her, but she admired the pale fragility that was the current mode, wherefore her red lips tightened, and, 'Blowsy!' she thought again.
Geoffrey Delacourt was as surprised as was Miss MacTavish.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/7517/Veryan/jte.html   (1534 words)

  
 Take a BrainSip (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Geoffrey Ian Gallop (born 27 September 1951), Australian politician, has been the Premier of Western Australia since 2001.
Before entering politics, Gallop worked as a tutor and lecturer at both Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia (UWA), and was a City Councillor at Fremantle from 1983 to 1986.
Although many commentators, including the local newspaper The West Australian, regarded Gallop's performance in office as mediocre, he won a second term at the 26 February 2005 state election, mainly due to errors made during the campaign by the Liberal Leader Colin Barnett.
geoffrey-gallop.mestskadoprava.sk.cob-web.org:8888   (360 words)

  
 Romance
Geoffrey's work hit the mark, however, and became the defining legend of the British people.
While the English were adopting Geoffrey of Monmouth's fiction or legend as history, the French were creating an array of unabashed fiction from this base.
There has been much ink expended on the symbolism of this work, but the green knight himself seems to have escaped from an undocumented folkloric tradition that also produced the green men and wodewoses, or hairy wild men, that sometimes appear, tamed and Christianised, in church carving.
medievalwriting.50megs.com /word/romance2.htm   (1039 words)

  
 Geoff Gallop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dr Geoff Gallop at the Midland Railway Workshops, Nov 2002.
He released a statement revealing that he was suffering from depression, and needed to "rethink his career for the sake of his family and his health" [1].
Alan Carpenter was elected unopposed and was sworn in on 25 January 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geoffrey_Gallop   (534 words)

  
 Controversial adjournment to WA commission - theage.com.au
Retired Supreme Court judge Geoffrey Kennedy adjourned his 18 month investigation on Wednesday, in the middle of testimony by a former police officer accused of drug trafficking.
The long-awaited inquiry was expected to resume at the end of April, but was adjourned until July 1, after WA Premier Geoff Gallop announced he would rush through parliament laws giving the commission extra powers.
Mr Reilly, former Det Sgt Geoffrey O'Reilly and the still-serving Snr Constable Paul O'Keefe staged an illicit raid on the pensioner's house to steal his 100mg prescription morphine sulfate tablets, Mr Trifon said.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/07/12/1026185102769.html   (738 words)

  
 PM - New Labor for Western Australia
Well the size of Geoff Gallop's victory means he will be able to do away with the faction fighting, which crippled the Party after the WA-Inc years.
Whatever his influence was, it's bound to shrink in the wake of the Dr Gallop's massive win.
That has been confirmed with the result and I think Geoffrey Gallop's there for as long as he wants to be there, provided only that he manages a broad and diverse Party properly, and provided too that he remains popular with the public.
www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s245606.htm   (754 words)

  
 Geordie's Racing Page
Her earlier performance on the gallops against Aljabr looks to be able to get her a Group win soon.
She can't be missed after this performance and with the dam being a sister to Swain, she should have some stamina.
Aiming to win the King George on Saturday at Ascot, Oath put in a much more convincing display on the gallops than his lacklusture gallop before the Irish Derby when he was withdrawn because of it.
members.tripod.com /~Marks_Racing_Tips/Gallops.htm   (1300 words)

  
 Part 3
GEOFFREY [holding the flower under her nose]: I brought you a rose -- since it's as sweet and fragile as you are.
GEOFFREY [rubbing his hand over his eyes in frustration]: This is *not* how it was supposed to go.
GEOFFREY is a bit taken aback by the sudden disintegration of her table manners, but he recovers admirably.]
www.wizardsandwarriors.org /fans/fanfic/general/traitor/traitor3.htm   (4116 words)

  
 Hoteliers buy 49% of 'Blu' - theage.com.au
Their background suggested they would eventually buy into another hotel in Sydney, but the instincts of Brian Roddy and his brother Geoffrey have instead led them to an investment of an entirely different nature - part-ownership of the most talked-about horse in the land.
Brian Roddy explained yesterday that it had long been a dream of his to own an elite thoroughbred, but even he was still catching his breath after a whirlwind week in which the brothers have emerged with 49per cent ownership of star two-year-old Murphy's Blu Boy.
Trainer Gareth Andrews was yesterday fined a total of $8000 after an inquiry into an elevated bi-carb (TCO2) reading from Wild Sugar, who was withdrawn at Caulfield on January 11 after a pre-race blood test.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/02/03/1044122321626.html   (413 words)

  
 Geoffrey Gallop - Rhodes Scholar and Politician   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Born at Geraldton on 27 September 1951, Geoff Gallop was educated firstly at Beachlands Primary School and then at Geraldton Senior High School.
In 1969 he moved on to tertiary education at the University of Western Australia in Perth, where he gained a Bachelor of Economics in 1971.
Geoff Gallop was elected Leader of the Opposition on 8 October 1996.
www.geraldton.wa.gov.au /Extranet/LocalHistory/GeoffreyGallop.asp   (556 words)

  
 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION - Thursday, 12 February 1998
I think the one thing that we have done that the other models have not done is give a direct say of the people in Australia as to who their future head of state will be.
Dr GALLOP - What that will mean is that there must be at least one man and one woman amongst the three candidates who are running for president.
The reason I put the other amendment in Dr Gallop's proposal is that I understand all the members supported it and it was not, therefore, for the convention to take a decision.
www.australianpolitics.com /issues/republic/convention/12_02_04.shtml   (8868 words)

  
 Geoff Gallop at AllExperts (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Dr Geoffrey Gallop at the Midland Railway Workshops, Nov 2002.
Geoffrey Ian Gallop (born 27 September 1951), Australian politician, was the Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006.
He will become a professor and director of Sydney University's Graduate School of Government in 2006.
experts.about.com.cob-web.org:8888 /e/g/ge/Geoffrey_Gallop.htm   (527 words)

  
 Easy Print from BloodHorse.com
Heavy rains overnight and early in the morning soaked the track, and left it "brutally heavy" in the words of one shopper, Kentucky bloodstock agent John Moynihan.
Officially, the surface was rated "good," but the workout times were slow, and many consignors opted to leave their horses in the barns or just gallop.
"We learned today that the most important thing is to have the first gallop show to be held under optimum conditions, which we had last week," said Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland's director of sales.
www.bloodhorse.com /viewstory_plain.asp?id=33077   (368 words)

  
 Labor eHerald: Free Geoff Gallop lecture (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
THE HON Dr Geoffrey Gallop, Professor and Director, Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney will present a lecture on Wednesday 25 October, 5.30pm at The Shine Dome, Gordon Street, Acton.
Rhodes Scholar and former WA Premier Dr Geoff Gallop argues that we are witnessing the emergence of a new approach to politics and public administration that goes beyond the reforms of the New Public Management era.
In this lecture, he will contend that Strategic Government is designed to resolve some of the contradictions and problems associated with recent reforms, address the challenges posed by terrorism and global warming, and deal with the more complex set of policy demands being placed on politicians and public servants.
eherald.alp.org.au.cob-web.org:8888 /articles/1006/mssge19-01.php   (187 words)

  
 Amazon.com: A Short History of the World: Books: Geoffrey Blainey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Compact History of the World: A History of the World from the Stone Age to the Space Age by Geoffrey Parker
Geoffrey Blainey's SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD provides a panoramic analysis of the world's people during the last four million years; from before the human race moved out of Africa to explore other continents to modern times.
Getting this lengthy history into a single volume and making it accessible to ordinary readers is no mean fete: Blainey's title provides plenty of intriguing insights into not just historical facts, but the sentiments and perceptions of those who lived the times.
www.amazon.com /Short-History-World-Geoffrey-Blainey/dp/1566635071   (2828 words)

  
 Ned Kelly
While on the back of a horse or the middle of a bank robbery in honor of his unjustly imprisoned mother and friends -- there's a sense of mission.
But as the bodies start to line the wake of his gallop, one has to wonder when enough is enough.
Shot in a gritty, dusty washed-out glare, purposely devoid of color, the picture digs itself into the dry rocky countryside.
rossanthony.com /N/nedkelly.shtml   (299 words)

  
 Names Index Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Gallop, ~*John "Capt." (25 JAN 1619/1620-19 DEC 1675)
Gatinais, ~*Geoffrey III "Ferreol" "Count" of (Abt 970-1000)
Geoffrey, ~*John fitz "Lord" of Berkenstead (Abt 1215-23 NOV 1258)
mariah.stonemarche.org /famfiles/names11.htm   (583 words)

  
 An Australian Republic : A Guide for the Perplexed
At the Constitutional Convention held in Old Parliament House in February 1998 Dr Geoffrey Gallop, the Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia, introduced the Direct Election Model.
We need to remind ourselves that in moving to a republic we are creating a new political institution, that is, an Australian head of state.
By placing a small portion of the monarchical power in each of us, we ensure a degree of personal ownership of the new system we are creating.
www.abc.net.au /specials/cowen/activites.htm   (1544 words)

  
 What “Maior” is Falstaff Denying?
The Elizabethans called them “feet” because, they said, some rhythms are dancing, some are plodding, some are galloping, etc..
We dance, plod, gallop with our feet.) Iambic Pentameter has five feet per line.
The feet may be numbered 1 through 5, for easy reference.
www.shakespeare-usa.com /Scansion.htm   (1429 words)

  
 Dick Barton
At his peak, over 15 million listeners tuned in to his adventures, broadcast in the early evening, right after the news.
Although Geoffrey Webb and Edward J. Mason wrote the radio scripts, Barton was actually created by BBC producer Norman Collins, who has visions of a "cloak and dagger soap opera" every evening.
Of course, success like that couldn't be overlooked, and three feature films were also made, and a slew of novels and shorts stories.
www.thrillingdetective.com /barton.html   (796 words)

  
 Premier of Western Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
He or she performs the same functions in Western Australia as the Prime Minister of Australia does at the national level.
Until his recent resignation, the Premier of Western Australia was Dr Geoffrey Gallop.
Alan Carpenter was elected leader of the parliamentary caucus of the Australian Labor Party on the 24 January and was sworn in as premier on the 25 January 2006.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Premier_of_Western_Australia   (557 words)

  
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The Society was pleased to welcome the following officer bearers, The Patron, The Governor, Lt- General John Sanderson  AC,  Vice Patrons, The Premier, Hon  Dr Geoffrey Gallop MLA, The Leader of the Opposition  Hon Colin Barnett MLA and Professor Geoffrey Bolton AO.
The council expressed its gratitude to Patricia Edwards and her small team of volunteers who co-ordinated this annual historic event.
A record number of members and friends attended the Foundation Day Address in Stirling House when Professor Martyn Webb spoke about the achievements of Sir John Forrest and Professor Geoffrey Bolton augmented the story of the achievements of Sir John Forrest with a summary of the major figures with whom Forrest worked.
www.git.com.au /~histwest/AnnualReport.html   (3773 words)

  
 Forbes.com: Australia studies LNG terminal project with China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
China's first LNG terminal is being built by a consortium led by the country's largest offshore oil firm, CNOOC Ltd <0883.HK>, and foreign partner BP Plc in the southern province of Guangdong.
CNOOC (nyse: CEO - news - people) in 2002 acquired a 5.56 percent stake in Australia's Northwest Shelf joint venture, after the project won a A$25 billion ($19.6 billion) contract to supply Guangdong.
Some 40 new terminals have been proposed but industry experts say just a handful are expected to be built.
www.forbes.com /reuters/newswire/2004/02/25/rtr1274741.html   (816 words)

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