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Loom remains all right, Ken. Thanks. Trouble is our current lot loom away from progressive legacies of Gough and co by the minute. He pulled us out of Vietnam, recognised China, introduced no-fault divorce, abolished all tertiary ed fees, started a free national healthcare system, just a few lovelies that got through. Bill On 22/10/2014, at 8:02 AM, Kenneth Wolman wrote: > A lovely tribute. Several people I know in Oz seemed to know Gough and thought the world of him. Sad when a looming figure goes. But the loom remains. > > ken > > On 10/21/2014 4:50 PM, Bill Wootton wrote: >> Where were you when you heard? >> I'd just cut up my third apple at breakfast >> after rejecting two rotters. iPad broke it. >> >> Gough large, Gough communicating, >> Gough reforming when reform meant >> make better. Gough striding through Athens. >> >> Gough barely holding in check his pleasure >> when people got him. Gough heading that brief >> parliament of adults who cared. >> >> Gough's daggy silver sideburns. Gough dismissive >> of conservative opponents but never sneering. >> Well may we say, we've lost our champion. >> >> bw >> 21.10.14 >> >