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Public Address 26/07/06 - Reasons To Be Cheerful

PUBLIC ADDRESS 26/07/06 - Reasons to be cheerful

Reasons to be cheerful | Jul 26, 2006 09:08
Russell Brown's Hard News

I meant to celebrate this yesterday, but themes got a bit serious. So, now … go Jolisa! Public Address's own delightful Jolisa Gracewood was named Reviewer of the Year in the 2005 Montana New Zealand Book Awards, for her work in The Listener...
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Flying under the gaydar | Jul 26, 2006 02:08
Keith Ng: You might like him when he's angry.

One of my own favourite one-liners last year was a description of then-Young Labour President Conor Roberts as "the first openly-straight President in many years". Turned out to be a factually incorrect faux pas - Conor's immediate predecessor was straight...
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