It is quite possible that we could this season get the first "local derby" grand final, if not in Melbourne then in Sydney. It's inconceivable that Victory, given the talent on their books, will not bounce back at some point soon, but these are nervous times until they do get a win on the board. The reverse to Brisbane a week ago will, the club hopes, be only a temporary blip. That proved to be the wake-up call van 't Schip's men needed, and the light blues drew the next game and won the next four. It was the same again this season as for the first six weeks City produced a series of in and out performances culminating in a nightmare home loss to Western Sydney. But it was never in the contest in the semi-final when it took on Victory, who looked more confident and at home on the big stage to win 3-0 before the navy blues went on to beat Sydney in the grand final by the same scoreline a week later. “Are we groping for excellence and great leadership?” he asked.That win took it within 90 minutes of a grand final and an Asian Champions League spot. So there’s a major division, and the people are very interested in reading about that division because they are wedded to one side or the other,” Williams said.Īt the New York Historical Society event, captains of industry and Wall Street power players crowded around to hear historian Sven Beckert deliver an ode to the wonders of New York’s mercantile records from centuries past and actor Sam Waterston read Lincoln’s second inaugural address.įor Carl Menges, retired vice president of investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, one of the allures of history was the steeliness of figures like Lincoln compared with the leaders of today. “It’s become a very polarized country ever since Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement. Literary agent John Taylor “Ike” Williams of Kneerim and Williams links the fascination with history to rising passions surrounding modern politics. It’s written as drama,” said Bob Weil, an editor at W.W. “The McCulloughs and the Ambroses have trail-blazed a new category with the clear accessibility of their prose.
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