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    Judith Brett | The Nation Reviewed | March 2007 | Politics

    "There is a tide in the affairs of men / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." But tides also recede. The big question for observers early in this election year is: Has the tide finally turned?

    Still running John Howard's way are the economy and...

  • The Human Zoo
    Ashley Hay | The Nation Reviewed | March 2007 | Environment | Society & Culture

    Walking through the gates of the Adelaide Zoo one day in late January, I passed a man asking what kinds of Australian animals were inside. Well, said the ticket lady, there are wallabies and koalas, and all sorts of birds. She directed him towards a map that, sure enough,...

  • Off the Rails
    Edward Scheer | The Nation Reviewed | March 2007 | Society & Culture

    There is a crowd spilling onto the streets, looking up at a man high above them on a window ledge. Bathed in spotlights, he stands ramrod straight with his back to the window. He shivers rhythmically. Is he a would-be suicide?

    Eventually, the police come and take...

  • Saying Famous Things
    Clive James | The Nation Reviewed | March 2007 | Society & Culture

    In Hollywood, "The son-in-law also rises" is a remark that was already part of the culture before World War II. Like the original author of "Sic transit Gloria Swanson", the original author of "The son-in-law also rises" has never been tracked...

  • Being There: The Strange History of Manning Clark
    Mark McKenna | The Monthly Essays | March 2007 | Media | Society & Culture

    Manning Clark relished cultivating an image of himself as the lone outsider. When he sought to place his work in the context of Australian historiography - even on the first occasion, at a Melbourne University seminar in 1954 - he dismissed nearly all the writing of...