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| Mark Irving: National stereotypes looking tired |
| I saw this advertisement headline recently in a magazine called Filmfair India:"I was mesmerised as if he cast a spell on me. I was enjoying obeying his orders. I was a slave by choice."This ad for chocolate flavoured condoms... |
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Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:19 a.m. |
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| Sideswipe : Paul Henry gets legless |
| A legless Paul Henry cardboard cut-out is included in the Trade Me auction raising money for the Starship Hospital Spring Clean: "Pippa (gently) punched him over on his first morning on the show and a few others have poked him since... |
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Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| Editorial : Govt right to give risk-takers the message |
| In the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake, the Government is treading a fine line in dealing with what Deputy Prime Minister Bill English describes as "some pretty tricky policy issues". Nowhere is this more evident than... |
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Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| Can Julia Gillard's Government go full term? |
| Julia Gillard's nail-biting victory over opposition leader Tony Abbott, 17 days after voters went to the polls, has hardly been convincing.She took a first-term Labor Government that had steered the nation through the global financial... |
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Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:31 a.m. |
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| Gwynne Dyer: Blair's tired old justification still wrong |
| People often wind up believing their own cover story. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is trapped forever in the rationalisations he used in 2003 to explain why he was going along with George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq.He... |
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Published: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:22 p.m. |
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| Gareth Morgan: Too big to fail Kiwi style |
| Let's hope the unfortunate demise of South Canterbury Finance is the closing act of the era of financial sector profligacy.That indulgence has been responsible for a lost decade of raising living standards. It's a scary indictment... |
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Published: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:30 a.m. |
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| Deborah Hill Cone: Politicians miss the mark with their soulless promises of utopia |
| I am obsessed with a local TV programme called This Is Not My Life . It is set in a fictional town called Waimoana. It is meant to be a sort of utopia.Everything is clean and white and minimalist and tidy. It is a well-planned... |
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Published: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:28 a.m. |
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| Kate Ross: What's happening now? |
| We're two months into the third quarter of the year, winter is coming to an end and I am thrilled to report that business is still strong and consistent - the trend continues.As well as having plenty of work on, we are being kept... |
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Published: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:24 a.m. |
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