Deletions were made on topics such as the "good character" checks carried out on Alan Poh at the time of the 1999 sale (none were ever carried out on Tommy, because there was no such requirement at the

good character". Tan fails spectacularly. Top Presidential Crony: Marcos He comes from poor Chinese immigrant descent (Chinese were not entitled to Filipino citizenship until the 1970s) and started

Peacemonger” went gone on to have a better-attended I was even able to provide the striking portrait photo of launch in Auckland (bad weather on the day forced the Owen that comprises the book’

a tragedy is a drama in which basically good people with a character flaw commit awful acts, unleashing an inevitable sequence of disasters. The deaths at Pike River were entirely avoidable, the work

where consumer goods come with The ITU (International Telecommu- Chinese characters instead of the When large military-industrial nications Union; one of the UN’s traditional British and American

shape this country’s character. At First, despite its subtitle, the book there was nothing in it for NZ to join great personal cost for those who could in fact best be described as the Allies, and

He was a forceful character with strong self-belief. He was relentless and brash, in a North American way, Dewes says. He mellowed with age and became better able to work with others and empower them.

Mitchell was a good example of the hard Right MP grouping (that the backroom PR consultant/adviser Simon]) Lusk was trying to build" ("Dirty Politics", op. cit., pp57/8). In the internal National competition

The role of business is purely to make the world a better place for everyone. My belief is that love and inspiration are the things that will change the world". *See Jeremy’s review, below, of "The Corporation"

offered cheap finance for property. I knew a good thing when I saw it so, with modest ambition, I found a small flat. That accounts for the relative comfort of our existence here in Lyall Bay (Wellington)