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Victorian senator Kim Carr is âon death rowâ, Labor powerbrokers say, but the veteran left-wing warrior has vowed to fight for his career and is being backed by one of the stateâs most powerful union leaders.
Blue-collar unions and figures from the partyâs Left faction are rounding on Senator Carr as he eyes another term in Parliament that would take his time there beyond 30 years.
Veteran Labor senator Kim Carr.
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The early contenders to replace the 65-year-old include Maurice Blackburn lawyer Josh Bornstein, 55, and think-tank director Ryan Batchelor, with Mr Bornstein in the box seat.
Veteran Labor senator Kim Carr on death row but vows to fight on
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When Cole Swider was a 14-year-old freshman at St. Andrew’s (R.I.) high school, he rode the public bus for 45 minutes to and from his school and his house 12 miles away in Portsmouth.
His days started with wake-ups at 5:30 a.m. and ended when he got home around 8:30 p.m. There were early morning workouts and late-night, post-practice shootarounds. Practice was after school, but he’d go early to work out before school. His head coach, Mike Hart, once walked in on him doing agility drills with a speed ladder before 7 a.m.