Peter Stone

Norman to fly in for Australian Open - as a commentator

SHARK sightings are not unknown as you look down from the La Perouse headland from the NSW Golf Club and yesterday came confirmation that the Great White, known on his birth certificate as Gregory John Norman, will be on land...

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Captain Couples adds class to the Open field

FREDDIE COUPLES hasn't quite got the stature of that guy who played in Melbourne last week, nor has he the loyal Australian fan base of the ageing Greg Norman, who still has a touch of magic about him.

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Down syndrome incidence up

Large numbers of women are putting off having babies, resulting in more pregnancies affected by Down syndrome and more terminations of those pregnancies.A study in England and Wales has found the number of women aged in their...

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UK scholars linked to 'stolen' bowls of Babylon

Suppressed report reveals archaeological treasures were dug up after Gulf war A secret report on the chequered history of priceless Aramaic bowls loaned to a leading university has exposed an apparent attempt to cover up UK...

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Kiwi warning: don't let the Woods show become a circus

PETER STONE November 6, 2009 - 11:06PM NSW Premier Nathan Rees might well be listening to old records of 1970s rocker Brian Eno this coming week wondering what all the fuss is down in Melbourne about a bloke named Eldrick...

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New on DVD: 'North by Northwest' in beautiful Blu-ray

Beautiful people look even better in Blu-ray: Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint try to evade mysterious foreign agents. Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 masterpiece has never looked better, and it's among this week's platinum picks. Back...

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Search for a drawcard begins as Norman pulls out of the Open

GOLF Australia has cast its net far and wide for ''a player of similar stature'' to replace Greg Norman in the $1.5 million Australian Open at the NSW Golf Club, but it is almost mission impossible with the majority of golf's...

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Bright Star

At one point in Jane Campion's new biopic Bright Star, John Keats starts spouting his famous definition of the "poetical Character": "A Poet is the most unpoetical of any thing in existence; because he has no Identity—he is...

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Goodspeed Plans 'Annie Get Your Gun, Carnival!' and 'How to Succeed' for 2010 (Playbill)

Goodspeed Musicals will present shows by Irving Berlin, Bob Merrill and Frank Loesser at its mainstage Goodspeed Opera House in 2010. Annie Get Your Gun by Irving Berlin and Herbert and Dorothy Fields will play in the spring;...

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Pittsburgh CLO Announces 2010 Season

The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera has announced its 2010 season. The company will begin the summer with Lionel Bart's Oliver! (June 1-6), which will be followed by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schoenberg and Richard Maltby,...

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