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Keywords: Curse

AUSTRALIA

The dubious removal of Paraguay's former bishop president
- Rodrigo Acuña
- 03 July 2012
6 Comments
The recent ouster of Paraguay’s left-wing president Fernando Lugo probably broke some type of world record. Having had just two hours to prepare his defence, the leader who was once 'Bishop of the poor' described his impeachment as a 'parliamentary coup d’état'. He had a point.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The beer jingle that saved Christmas
- Brian Doyle
- 22 December 2011
1 Comment
A hickory tree peed his pants. A striped bass assaulted an eggplant. A teacher cursed in Gaelic into her mic. Then my kid brother, Tommy, spontaneously stepped forward and sang that jingle. Some moments are unforgettable for reasons we can't articulate. My dad says he'll savour that one on his deathbed.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Exploiting natural disasters
- Tim Kroenert
- 10 February 2011
2 Comments
The Tsunami is recreated in spectacular fashion, but robbed of significance, except as a catalyst for one white-skinned European tourist, who survives despite the deaths of hundreds of thousands of brown-skinned Indonesian villagers. This is exploitative in the extreme.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Unmarried misery
- Tim Kroenert
- 19 January 2011
1 Comment
Although Mary is an infuriating ninny, we get to know her well enough to appreciate that gasping for breath beneath her wine-swilling garrulousness are deeply felt insecurities and a desperate desire to be loved.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

God understands more
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- 18 January 2011
1 Comment
It all takes place because of some geological fault. I think God understands more things than he is given credit for.
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AUSTRALIA

Plane tragedy prolongs Polish-Russian curse
- Tony Kevin
- 13 April 2010
4 Comments
The Devil himself could not have better orchestrated Sunday's air tragedy at Smolensk Airport. It was to be a symbolic moment of reconciliation between two neighbouring countries that have been separated by war.
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INTERNATIONAL

The Western origins of Hati's 'curse'
- Adele Webb
- 04 March 2010
3 Comments
The story of Haiti, even from the earliest decades of its independence, is one of a downward spiral into debt and underdevelopment. It has been at the short end of the stick, time and time again, in its relationships with richer and powerful countries. Haiti, it turns out, never stood a chance.
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RELIGION

Best of 2009: St Mary's, Bishop Robinson and the value of dialogue
- Frank Brennan
- 07 January 2010
18 Comments
Bishop Bathersby and Fr Kennedy are pastoral, down to earth men. If there had been more dialogue between them, and between Cardinal Pell and Bishop Robinson, the Catholic Church would be more the Church Jesus would want it to be. March 2009
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Eulogy for Francis Xavier Costigan QC
- Frank Brennan
- 20 April 2009
2 Comments
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RELIGION

St Mary's, Bishop Robinson and the value of dialogue
- Frank Brennan
- 27 March 2009
42 Comments
Bishop Bathersby and Fr Kennedy are pastoral, down to earth men. If there had been more dialogue between them, and between Cardinal Pell and Bishop Robinson, the Catholic Church would be more the Church Jesus would want it to be.
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RELIGION

Owning responsibility with honest answers
- Andrew Hamilton
- 13 March 2008
8 Comments
It may be tempting to believe that the 4WD we were driving while talking on our mobile phone has bumped over a wombat. Responsibility involves upfront acknowledgement of the negligent behaviour that has caused suffering to others.
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RELIGION

Benedict defines good and evil progress
- Neil Ormerod
- 03 December 2007
The second encyclical from Benedict XVI is not what many expected. Benedict is drawing us to a deeper level of reflection, building a solid foundation. What he builds upon this foundation we are yet to see.
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