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...found that only about 22 percent of all television reports from Vietnam before 1968 showed "actual combat, and often this was minimal--a few incoming mortar rounds or a crackle of sniper fire." In addition, of 167 film reports he reviewed, "only 16 had more than one video shot of the dead or wounded." The American people simply did not see gore night after night...
With shark populations in danger off the coasts of the U.S., Japan, South Africa and Australia, marine biologists are rushing to the fishes' defense. This week hundreds of experts are meeting in Sydney for the first international conference on shark conservation. Their goal: to combat the animals' long-standing image problem and advocate protective measures...
...contain the most candid pictures of life in the field. At TIME we have received several heartfelt missives from our colleagues stationed in the gulf, including correspondent Dick Thompson and photographer Christopher Morris. Both men are working in "pools," small groups of journalists who travel with and report on combat units operating near the Saudi borders with Kuwait and Iraq...
Morris, living with a 1st Marine Division unit, has spent his evenings for the past six weeks sleeping beneath camouflage netting in a hole in the sand. Notes printed under his captions are the only way the experienced combat photographer can communicate with us. One note read, "Thanks for the candy bars. The unit loved them. Could you send some cocoa and a hot shower, please...
...weapons in the treaty region and decided to postpone further formal meetings until March 21. In secret documents, the Soviets assert that they have only 21,000 tanks in Europe; the U.S. says the real number is 42,000. The U.S. expected a tally of 58,000 armored combat vehicles, but the Soviets counted only 28,000. The Soviets say they have only 13,000 pieces of artillery in the area; the U.S. says 52,000. Negotiators complain that the Soviets also plan to transfer 20,000 men and 4,000 weapons to the naval infantry, which is not covered...