Michael Gordon: The Age Julia Gillard has delivered the ultimate act of leadership and paid the ultimate price, ending the most poisonous, inglorious chapter in modern Labor Party history.
In particular it may have marked an inglorious ending for Sol Campbell, Portsmouth's most successful captain for half a century.
Alonso had a suspected electrical problem on the first lap of the second session and stuttered to an inglorious halt.
Enacting a law with this requirement was one of the few things that Mr Abe accomplished in his first, inglorious term as prime minister from 2006 to 2007.
That is a good mix, for if Mr Ghosn is to succeed, he needs to combine Arab deal-making, Latin energy, Gallic strategy and an Asian feeling for consensus.There is a long, if inglorious, tradition in Japan of bureaucrats using gaiatsu (foreign pressure) to achieve otherwise unpalatable reforms.
A "summer of discontent" is unlikely; but it may prove an inglorious one for Mr Blair.What has Tony ever done for us?He is entitled to be perplexed.
Since the late 1990s, debt relief has eased the burden a little, but a recent IMF study predicted that the current multilateral debt-relief programme would not be enough to bring Africa's debts down to "sustainable" levels, and suggested that rich countries offer more grants.Attempts by outsiders to help Africa have an inglorious record.
Inglorious Not just a breadbasket Reprints Related items The Canadian Wheat Board: Going with the grainJan 11th 2007Prosperity is not without its problems.
The invasion of Iraq was controversial and its occupation inglorious; the campaign in Afghanistan is going badly.
The country that exported its parliamentary system to much of the world was notoriously corrupt until the early 20th century.In a blast from that inglorious past last week, six Labour councillors in Birmingham were stripped of their seats following an investigation into postal-voting fraud during local elections last year.
That comes mostly in the form of investment-management fees.In this section Inglorious isolation Against the odds Feeding expectations Leaky barrels Fragile no more Data dump The great hiccup Valuing the long-beaked echidna ReprintsBut these costs are only the beginning.
