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...good, and you sure as hell can do me harm." When an unidentified U.S. military commander in the Persian Gulf said this to New York Times reporter Malcolm W. Browne recently, he summed up the American military's anti-press attitude during the Gulf War. The incident was not an isolated...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Vietnam: A Censored War | 3/9/1991 | See Source »

...sung: in a tone of quiet asperity, but with public emphasis. "If this is a holy war," she muses about the gulf, taking a drag on one of her frequent cigarettes, "God is pissed at us, and damn right." Just goes to show: a little dissonance does no harm. And it can certainly make a fine Night Ride Home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Navigator of the Deep | 3/4/1991 | See Source »

Some environmental activities echo his beliefs about Scheme Z's potential harm to the land, including Mark Primack, who has resolved concerns that Scheme Z is dangerous to the environment. Primack chairs Move Massachusetts 2000, a pro-Central Artery coalition group, and also serves as executive director to the Boston Greenspace Alliance, a coalition of more than 100 community and environmental groups concerned with green space in Boston...

Author: By Mary LOUISE Kelly, | Title: Salvucci, Out of the Spotlight, Remains Z's Biggest Fan | 2/27/1991 | See Source »

...public backlash against the war. In retrospect, generals played down too much the inevitability of civilian deaths in any bombing campaign. But Westerners, while shocked, seemed to accept the explanations that the U.S. was not directly targeting civilians; that Saddam in contrast was deliberately putting them in harm's way by placing military installations in schools, homes and residential areas; and that much of the tragedy resulted because civilian and military targets are often one and the same. An obvious example: knocking out a country's electric grid cuts off the power to army bases, airports and military computers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battlefront: Saddam's Endgame | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

Coercive Potential. The capability of bombs to harm and demoralize soldiers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Two Sides of Warspeak | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

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