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...Terrain Jeremiah Ellis is not an Army lifer. He has other plans. He has a degree in outdoor education from the University of New Hampshire that he wants to start using as soon as possible. "What I really want to do," he says, "is use experiential education - rock climbing, hiking and so forth - as a form of therapy for veterans coming home." Ellis joined the Army so he could get scholarship money for a master's degree, but he's been an enthusiastic soldier, a graduate of the Army's famed, grueling Ranger School. "I joined the Army because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: A Tale of Soldiers and a School | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

...smaller U.S. farms have been replaced by industrial, or factory, operations. It's not the storybook farm, but it's more efficient. "The amount of money a dealer has to invest to train its technicians or buy diagnostic tools continues to grow," says Deere CEO Samuel Allen, a company lifer. "So to be a great dealer requires making more money and that's gotten harder for smaller operations." (See pictures of farm land in Nebraska...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deere's Harvest | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

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