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...fight the adf can't afford to lose. At the request of Prime Minister John Howard, a team of experts, including Generation Y author Peter Sheahan, is looking at ways to recruit and retain more skilled people; their report is due in May. Meanwhile, Brigadier Simon Gould is attacking the problem like the infantry commander he once was. Now the adf's chief of recruiting, he oversees a marketing campaign that targets the 1 in 4 young Australians favorably disposed to the military and highlights the "230 different jobs" recruits can choose from. "It's like the World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle for Bodies | 2/20/2006 | See Source »

...many events this season, a level of consistency that has placed higher expectations on a young but talented Harvard squad. “It’s a step up from tenth place, where we’ve traditionally been,” said Harvard nordic coach Peter Graves. “I’m pretty optimistic, but we have a lot of work to do to move up to seventh and eighth place. This is forward progress for our ski team.” Harvard’s total of 292 points beat out scores from St. Michaels...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Takes Ninth Again | 2/20/2006 | See Source »

...DIED. PETER BENCHLEY, 65, author who made landlubbers of millions with his 1974 novel, Jaws, about a great white shark that terrorizes an East Coast resort town; of pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive scarring of the lungs; in Princeton, N.J. Benchley's tale of a human-chomping fish sold 20 million copies, and the 1975 film adaptation epitomized the summer movie experience. Fascinated by oceans throughout his life, the Harvard-educated grandson of humorist Robert Benchley in later years became an outspoken protector of sharks. "Knowing what I know now, I could never write that book today," Benchley wrote last month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Feb. 27, 2006 | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...DIED. PETER BENCHLEY, 65, author who made landlubbers of millions with his 1974 novel Jaws, about a great white shark that terrorizes an East Coast resort town; in Princeton, New Jersey. Benchley's tale of a human-chomping fish sold 20 million copies, and the 1975 film adaptation epitomized the summer movie experience. Fascinated by oceans throughout his life, the author eventually became an outspoken protector of sharks. "Knowing what I know now I could never write that book today," Benchley wrote last month. "Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...Sinatra was filming Von Ryan's Express in Cortina and Calalzo in 1962, he hazed hotel staff with demands such as 200 fresh eggs served on a silver tray. (An egg fight ensued, and the wallpaper was ruined.) The hotel was also the setting for The Pink Panther with Peter Sellers and David Niven in 1963. But the rot gradually set in: wealthy patrons invested in their own chalets, and the Cristallo's owners sold it to a hotel chain, which closed it down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snow-Business Legend | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

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