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Cliche of the Week 122 – Brute Force. Brute force, where overwhelming numbers are used to roll a smaller opposition on a battlefield or in a political debate, is at best a short-term solution. It is also an easy option to use “brute force” in news reports, with the phrase appearing in mainstream media more than 300 times a month or twice that if web news is included. Chris Pash’s book, The Last Whale. A true story set in the 1970s about Australia’s last whaling station and the activists who fought to clo...
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Cliche of the Week 121 – Gone Ballistic | Chris Pash
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Cliche of the Week 121 – Gone Ballistic. March 3, 2013 at 1:50 pm. The incidence of cliches, those tired phrases that flow too easily when writing a news story, is steady and not quite ballistic. Similarly, the use of ‘gone ballistic’ isn’t that common worldwide but it’s a regular, with about 20 appearances a month. The sport (stand-up paddling) has gone ballistic across inland USA on rivers and lakes.” (Sunshine Coast Daily, January 11). Cliché of the Week appears in The Australian. A true story set in ...
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Get Out of the Car! | tango with nature
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Friday art escapes with Chris Marshall and Debra Scidone (Exponential Expressions) … watch our latest collaboration evolve. Friday August 26, 2011 – A mixed bag. Wildflower Season →. Get Out of the Car! September 2, 2011. Back in the car we checked out the map, looking for a park in the area – we decided on McDougall Park ( map. And were we glad we did! We discovered Poetry Park. Deb wanders past panels of poetry on the path around the lake. Especially when we saw the word “tango”! 8220;Swamp Poem”...
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Cliche of the Week 122 – Brute Force | Chris Pash
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Cliche of the Week 122 – Brute Force. April 20, 2013 at 4:41 pm. Brute force, where overwhelming numbers are used to roll a smaller opposition on a battlefield or in a political debate, is at best a short-term solution. It is also an easy option to use “brute force” in news reports, with the phrase appearing in mainstream media more than 300 times a month or twice that if web news is included. Chris Pash’s book, The Last Whale. A true story set in the 1970s about Australia’s last whaling station and the ...
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Cliche of the Week 123 – Confected Outrage | Chris Pash
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Cliche of the Week 123 – Confected Outrage. May 4, 2013 at 1:05 pm. Place outrage in a bowl, mix well, add artificial sweetener and keep beating until a furious confection emerges thick and sticky enough to give substance to air molecules. 8216;Confected outrage’ has been erupting from news pages, mostly in Australia; 65 times in January compared with four times a month two years ago. Chris Pash’s book, The Last Whale. Entry filed under: Cliche of The Week. Cliche of the Week 122 – Brute Force. Enter you...
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The Last Whale – ABC Radio National’s Hindsight | Chris Pash
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The Last Whale – ABC Radio National’s Hindsight. June 2, 2013 at 5:19 pm. ABC Radio National turned the story of The Last Whale. Into a 50 minute radio documentary. It is the 1970s and the last whaling station in the English-speaking world, at Albany, Western Australia, is starting to feel the heat from the Save the Whale campaign. The program closely follows the book. The Last Whale, with new audio material gathered in Albany by Rod Vervest and Kim Lofts of the VoicePrints project. 1 Comment Add your own.
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Cliche of the Week 124 – Fifty Shades | Chris Pash
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Cliche of the Week 124 – Fifty Shades. May 4, 2013 at 1:07 pm. Fifty Shades of Grey, the trilogy of erotic books, has had undue influence on headline writers and anyone seeking a quick publishing dollar or trying to get punters to a fundraising night. Media coverage of Fifty Shades peaked in December with over 3000 appearances worldwide for the month. 8220;Marvel Comics Goes `Fifty Shades’ With New Line of Romance Novels.” (Hollywood Reporter, February 8). Chris Pash’s book, The Last Whale. A true story ...
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