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...mellifluous tones that have captivated generations of science students, the Australian-born, Princeton-educated Archer, dean of science at the University of New South Wales, will speak for an hour, without a stumble or misplaced word, about the scope of discovery at World Heritage?listed Riversleigh and the strange beasts that used to live here. In 1983, Archer says, "in one rock, in five minutes, we found 35 new kinds of mammal. Not just species - like one kind of kangaroo versus another - but whole groups of things that are as unique as, say, whales are." Two years ago, Nissen...
Charlie Bell likes results--now! The McDonald's president and COO won't wait for outdated weekly, much less quarterly, sales reports. Every day he checks sales totals in all 118 countries with McDonald's franchises. "I'm a results guy," says Bell, 43. "I like knowing." The Australian-born Bell joined the company's new management team when James Cantalupo became CEO early this year. That means Bell is in line to eventually become the first non-American to head the iconic U.S. company...
...significant shareholder in BSkyB. Part of the concern is that bringing in Murdoch blood could threaten BSkyB's relative independence within News Corp. Under James, decisions about stock dividends, accounting procedures, acquisitions and expansion could be driven from New York City and Los Angeles, the two cities that the Australian-born Murdoch Sr. calls home these days, instead of from London, where the local market expertise resides. Installing James could even signal an attempt by News to buy a controlling share in BSkyB, or to place more News directors on the 15-person BSkyB board, which already boasts chairman Rupert...
...Until last year it was only possible to dive the east coast if you were accompanied by the Sri Lankan navy. "You had to bring your own equipment and be a pretty confident diver," says Mick Smith, an Australian-born Colombo resident. "But the wrecks are something special." Today, dive operations are springing up along the coast, and divers in the deep harbor are rewarded with a glimpse of infrequently visited iron skeletons. Always go with a registered guide or dive master familiar with the area, however, as in many places live ammunition still lies scattered on the seabed...
...readership plus Sky Broadcasting - to send a message of "vote no" on a euro referendum. "The central issue," said Murdoch, "is one of sovereignty," which must be precisely what Prime Minister Blair is thinking as he evaluates this new challenge to his Labour government's control by an Australian-born U.S. citizen. Labour has long courted Murdoch, winning endorsements from some of his papers before the last two elections. A new bill that freed Murdoch to buy terrestrial television station Channel 5 was seen by some as a sweetener to get Murdoch's support, or at least neutrality, when...