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Gillard is as likeable as Rudd is charmless. She is self-deprecating he is ludicrously vainglorious. She is a mistress of understatement he is a ranter.

Germaine Greer

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Germaine Greer
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: January 29
Actor
Broadcaster
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Essayist
Feminist
Journalist
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Melbourne
Australia
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Ludicrously
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Deprecating
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Vainglorious

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