Ache News

Over Britney, For The Record

Thursday December 11, 2008
OK, LET'S start with what I don't know about Britney Spears. I don't know her PIN. I don't know if she concurs with me that the Asterix comic series suffered in quality after Goscinny died and his writing partner Uderzo took over the reins. I don't know if the final paragraph of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms makes her impossibly sad for humankind yet ache with the glow only fine literature can provide - and as an addendum to that, I don't know if she can read at all. Then again, maybe I'm ...

Rising Star

Saturday October 25, 2008
In many years of wining and dining around the world, the one dish I always ache for and delight over is the souffle.

Robber Leaves Punters Broke

Sunday August 3, 2008
Ill winds left punters with a gut ache, particularly with Bank Robber - the $1.80 favourite - in the Club Managers' Australia Handicap at Rosehill Gardens yesterday.

And It's On For Young And Old

Saturday July 19, 2008
Much ground can be covered in the space of 10,000 words, writes Jane Sullivan. GERMAINE GREER knows what it is to feel rage. At her 50th birthday party, one of the guests, "a smug bastard", started to rile her with his comments about Australian Aborigines. "I felt my heart rate increasing and my breath coming faster," she writes. "The muscles of my throat began to ache and my mouth turned dry as ash. Then my voice went funny as if someone else was speaking through me. My eyes were stinging with ...

Naff Lamentation On Differences Between Men And Women

Monday March 31, 2008
COMEDY REVIEW: JEFF GREEN IN LIFE ACHE 2 1/2 Melbourne Town Hall, until April 13

The Word

Saturday February 16, 2008
'You try wagging these puppies around a while and see if you don't have back problems.' - Busty country singer Dolly Parton, who has had to postpone her forthcoming US tour because of back ache.

Natural Health

Monday December 17, 2007
WE all have little aches and pains or minor injuries from time to time. Most of the time our bodies resolve them and we get on being busy doing what we do. Every now and then we get an ache or strain that never seems to properly resolve. It's always there in the background.

The Drama Of Ageing Laid Bare

Saturday June 30, 2007
A SLIGHT ACHE By Harold Pinter, If Theatre, Chapel Off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran. Until July 1. Running time: 70 minutes www.Iftheatre.blogspot.com

The Dark Days Of Hollywood

Sunday April 22, 2007
There has been more pain than fame recently for this Hockeyroos star, Daniel Lane writes. KATE Hollywood might have thought being bombarded with compliments by male admirers during the Champions Trophy campaign in Argentina last year was a pain, but the ache in the Hockeyroo's lower legs was far worse.

Broken But Not Bowed

Thursday March 22, 2007
WHEN his feet hit the floor every morning, the lingering ache in his right ankle reminds Daniel Abraham how close he came to being an ex-footballer.

Rudd's Number Not Up Yet Among Howard's Bingo Brigade

Wednesday December 13, 2006
SITTING at the bingo table at Townsville's senior citizens club, Frances Petersen, who turns 87 next month, boasts that she is in fine fettle - not an ache or pain in her body. The secret, she whispers, is a capsule of cayenne pepper each day and a glass of raw potato juice.

Lauren Aims Higher Still - And Pain Will Not Block Her

Sunday July 16, 2006
WHEN Lauren Jackson was 12 years old she felt a cramping sensation in her lower leg after a game of basketball. Now she's 25, the dull ache has developed into an outright pain - and it threatens to derail her career.

Fiji Helped By Man Upstairs

Friday March 17, 2006
WAISALE Serevi is packing his bag. Boots, socks, shorts, jumper, white tape, black pen. The legendary Fijian captain arrives at Telstra Dome and straps both wrists. He writes in large letters on the tape on his left wrist: "Phil - 4:13." When Serevi starts getting tired, when the old legs begin to ache, he reads those words. He reads them a lot because even the greats feel fatigue.

Teen Grabs Bronze

Friday March 17, 2006
TEENAGE weightlifter Erika Yamasaki claimed Australia's first medal of the 18th Commonwealth Games yesterday, then promptly downed enough food and drink to give her a stomach ache.

Yamasaki Gets Taste Of Glory

Friday March 17, 2006
TEENAGE weightlifter Erika Yamasaki claimed Australia's first medal of the 18th Commonwealth Games yesterday afternoon then promptly scoffed enough food and drink to give her a stomach ache.

Yamasaki Gets A Taste Of Glory

Friday March 17, 2006
TEENAGE weightlifter Erika Yamasaki claimed Australia's first medal of the 18th Commonwealth Games yesterday afternoon then promptly scoffed enough food and drink to give her a stomach ache. As expected, the 48kg event was won by Indian veteran Kunjarani Devi, 38, who overcame a 1kg deficit after the snatch to overpower young Canadian Marilou Dozois-Prevost.

Q & A

Thursday August 25, 2005
I have had an ache in the joint at the base of my right big toe for ages. Mostly when I walk. I've been told it could be gout. Is this likely and is there anything I can do about it?While gout does often affect this joint in particular it is unlikely, from the symptoms you describe, that gout is the cause of your problems. Gout occurs where there is a build up of uric acid in the bloodstream and tissues, which can then come out of solution and form crystals. These crystals are then deposited in ...

Flying For Our Mates

Friday July 22, 2005
THEY still ache for lost mates, but the members of 817 Squadron are focused on their next mission: getting the Navy's Sea King helicopters back on deck.

The Wearing Of The Green

Friday June 10, 2005
When the back begins to ache, the injuries get him down and the desire to run around just one more year begins to wane, Randwick prop Fosi Pala'amo draws strength from family and, in particular, his younger brother. Ben Kimber reports.

Past Tension

Saturday April 2, 2005
A pinch of parmesan, a whiff of dust, an ache for a little cake - we each have our own remembrance of things Proust.

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