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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Piccinelli, who notes that Scandinavian countries also use rescue dogs in places where lots of people gather near water, describes how the four-legged lifeguards operate: sitting up alongside their human counterparts, the dogs are trained to recognize signs of drowning. When they see someone in trouble, they paddle out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canine Lifeguards Hit Italy's Beaches | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

As a teen, Mehsud served as a Taliban fighter against the Soviets in the battle for Afghanistan, but first rose to prominence as a supporter of Abdullah Mehsud (no relation), a one-legged militant imprisoned at the U.S. prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, soon after the 9/11 terror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Pakistan's Taliban Chief Dead? | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

“Do you like cows?” my fellow passenger asked the driver, his words broken up by laughter. According to the cabbie, it was not so much a penchant for the four-legged animal that drove him to convert his taxi into a bovine on wheels...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel | Title: Holy Cow! | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

But what has social activity got to do with motor skills? In Buchman's study, which looked at 906 seniors, average age 80, in northeastern Illinois over a five-year period, increased social activity was associated with adeptness in a range of physical tasks, including walking in a straight line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Old Age, Friends Can Keep You Young. Really | 6/24/2009 | See Source »

There will be more aggression in Phase 2 of the campaign, says Jay Spenchian, GM's executive director of corporate advertising strategy, who describes his company's current relationship with its customers almost as if it were a lovers' quarrel. "When you've had a disagreement with somebody and you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GM's New Ad Campaign: Will It Restart the Engines? | 6/11/2009 | See Source »

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