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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...their deployment was not without some larrikin Aussie humor. As One Squadron headed out of the hanger in Kuwait on their way back to Australia, their replacements farewelled them by dropping their trousers and mooning the departing soldiers. "Three Squadron had arrived in good spirits,'' says a former Three Squadron trooper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Phantoms of the Mountains | 5/31/2005 | See Source »

...LATHAM 47 - BEAZLEY 45. New Sensation. "I'm the same Mark Latham but I'm in a new role." All my life. "I love the larrikin Australian role, but no more crudity." New politics. "Modern politics is broken, and we need to fix it." Democracy in the raw. "If in doubt, let's have more democracy, more direct voting, more public participation." Town-hall style meetings. Possum Magic. "If we all read books to our infant children, they will be reading themselves by the time they go to school." What did you learn today? "Quality teaching is a passport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gone in 60 Sound Bites | 1/26/2005 | See Source »

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