Furphy is chief executive officer and managing director of Consumer Equity Partners, a venture capital and venture development firm.
But, as
Furphy shows well, Curr had other ambitions and the energy and self-belief to carry them through.
This response is informed by a great opinion piece by our strategies director Charles Berger The Sovereign Risk
Furphy, which you can read at www.acfonline.org.au/sovereign-risk
In addition to his wife of 61 years, he leaves a son, Paul
Furphy of Milford; two daughters, Virginia Giuliani of Upton and Christine Normandin of Happy Valley, Alaska; a sister, Marion Cucchi of Clinton; three grandchildren and a great-grandson.
Genny also grows the "
furphy" plant with the erroneous label--the same as Ruby Ryde's specimen, photographed by Derek.
A: The funniest word in the English language is fartlek (an athletic training regime); other funny words include
furphy, pratfall, parp and firkin.
At the end of the evening I spoke to him about Joseph
Furphy on whom I was writing my honours long essay.
Michelle
Furphy delivered their paper, An Exercise in Surveying a Non-universally Defined Group in the Population: The Northern Ireland Survey of Activity Limitation and Disability.
Earlier Aussie yarn-spinners such as Joseph
Furphy (1843-1912) who wrote in a decidedly "Shandean" vein have not been afforded access to a metropolitan readership.
Special thanks to Joe
Furphy for his regular Water Cart column and to Syd Wigzell for his regular book reviews.
For half a century after his death in 1912 Joseph
Furphy, better known during his lifetime as "Tom Collins", was highly esteemed by Australians interested in history and literature.
City looked comfortable on their lead until 11 minutes from time when skipper Willie
Furphy conceded a penalty for a foul on Alex Williams who stepped up to drill the spot-kick in to the bottom corner.
Manager Noel Blake has turned to the vast experience of Ken
Furphy - appointing the 69-year-old as technical consultant.
Exeter tried to arrest the slump by bringing in Ken
Furphy to assist manager Noel Blake, but that experiment was quickly terminated and the Grecians find themselves back at square one, just six points ahead of bottom club Carlisle, who have no fewer than four games in hand.