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...dreamed of ten years ago when he was a $25-a-week soccer player and part-time gravedigger in the suburbs of London. Yet, at the end of his U.S. tour, while relaxing by the pool of Los Angeles' Beverly Wilshire Hotel, he confided to TIME Correspondent David DeVoss: "I'm so tired I really don't care." There was bitterness in his voice when he said: "This is a sad business...
...Battle for Argos [Aug. 27]. Though it is true, as David DeVoss reports, that we Marine Corps reservists bitch and moan, the men did a hell of a job working with the regulars on this operation. They not only battled the Yerminites (aggressors) but the hot blistery sun, snakes, scorpions and the rest of nature's elements and pests. Mr. DeVoss chose to write about a few insignificant, petty remarks. Why did he not write about the harsh conditions and how the men fared with them, the harmony of the reservists and the regulars working side by side...
...freewheeling rock group and its entourage. But Los Angeles' Continental Hyatt House, located on the Sunset Strip within minutes of no fewer than 32 record companies, has decided to take advantage of its location by welcoming-and indulging-pop musicians. The result, according to TIME'S David DeVoss, is that the garish, twelve-story hotel has become a psychedelic pantheon for anybody seeking a Woodstock ambience with a bacchanalian bounce. DeVoss's report...
...also having trouble meeting their recruitment quotas, so they need to know how their reservists might function in combat. Nine thousand Marines took part last week in the largest maneuver ever, and the temperatures rose as high as 120°. From the simulated combat zone, TIME'S David DeVoss reported...
Although environmentalists in the "Lower 48" states view these moves as victories, many Alaskans interviewed by TIME Correspondent David DeVoss call them disasters. In a state where unemployment averages 9.6% and the cost of living is 37% higher than in the rest of the U.S., less value is attached to saving virgin forests or bleak tundra. Newspapers bulge with oil company ads touting development, and cars from Juneau to Anchorage sport "Sierra Go Home" bumper stickers. Pro-industry coloring books, buttons and pamphlets appear in grocery stores and churches. "Our only mistake," admits Dave Murdey, 52, vice president of Ketchikan...