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Sir Kenneth McColl Anderson KBE (11 October 1909 – 29 March 1985) was an Australian politician.
Anderson was born at sea, off South Australia, when his parents were returning from a visit to Europe. He was the son of David Anderson (member for Ryde in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1920–1927) and educated at Ryde Public School and Petersham Intermediate Schools in Sydney. He worked as an insurance clerk, auctioneer, estate agent and property valuer in the Sydney suburb of Eastwood. He married Madge Merrion in June 1936. He served in the second Australian Imperial Force during World War II as a lieutenant in the 8th Signals Division in Malaya and was held by the Japanese as a prisoner of war in for three years at Changi Prison and on the Burma Railway. He was Mayor of Ryde Municipal Council from 1949 to 1950.
Anderson was elected as the member for Ryde in 1950, representing the Liberal Party, but was defeated at the 1953 election.
Anderson was a Senator for New South...... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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A Note to All the Non-JList Reporters, and a Response from Henry Farrell - — (Update: Henry Farrell, GW professor and blogger at Crooked Timber, also someone who I respect a lot despite some disagreements, dropped me a note about this and gave me permission to post it. |
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Waco - Bill Clinton's invocation of Timothy McVeigh in connection ... - — Bill Clinton's invocation of Timothy McVeigh in connection with the Tea Party movement caused me to recall my review of a book on the Waco massacre that was a motivation for McVeigh. The book under review was Reavis, The Ashes of Waco, and it appeared in the Times Literary Supplement in 1995. |
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Predators Over Pakistan - The U.S. drone campaign is effective--and legal. - — The U.S. drone campaign is effective—and legal. Why won't the Obama administration's lawyers defend it? — Targeting terrorists and militants with Predator drone strikes is one campaign promise President Obama has kept to the letter. |
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Thomas Friedman, For One, Welcomes Our New Chinese Creditor Overlords ... - , Welcomes Our New Chinese Creditor Overlords: Because not only does China finance our deficit, it sets an Example of Governance and Shows Our Decadent Democracy the Enlightened Autocratic Way. In Friedman's hands, China is, dare one say it, nearly a City on a Hill. |
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Brad Roth on Ruthlessness in International Law and Politics ... - in International Law and Politics: Brad Roth, an old friend and law and political science professor at Wayne State University, delivers a heck of a punch with his new paper, set to appear in Santa Clara Journal of International Law (2009), but up in draft at SSRN … |
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The CIA Plan to Kill Al Qaeda Leaders: I see that I'm quoted ... - : I see that I'm quoted by Mark Mazetti and Scott Shane in their New York Times article today, CIA Had Plan to Assassinate Qaeda Leaders (July 13, 2009). I'm trying hard to maintain radio silence and not blog to let my shoulder heal up, but let me say something very brief about this. |
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