Word: sharked
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...been fixated on Condit," Kurtz said. But without a corpse - or a word from the congressman - the saga had run up against its limits in May and June, and by August, added Kurtz, the doldrums had clearly set in. "You know things are slow when TV is replaying shark footage and the mere fact that the president is on vacation becomes an opportunity for endless media thumbsucking...
While impressive, the pictures that accompanied your cover story contradicted the article's message that humans are most often inadvertent victims rather than targeted prey. In three photos, the shark appears as the aggressive killer the fearful public has always imagined. You should have chosen photographs that better depicted the misunderstood fish you wrote about. In this case, the pictures negated your thousand words. ADAM WYSE Delaware, Ohio...
...media are to blame for the sudden fear that has resulted from recent shark attacks. As humans, supposedly being of high intelligence, we should know the ocean is the shark's territory, its home. We enter at our own risk. We know from common sense that sharks live in the ocean, that surfers resemble seals and that dusk is an inappropriate time to go swimming, especially alone. Sharks are fascinating creatures of the seas and should get some respect. KIM FRILEY Columbus, Ohio...
...ferocious-looking cover photo for our report on shark behavior elicited some rather, well, biting commentary from a few of you. "That TIME would demonize the majestic white shark to sell magazines shows true desperation," snapped a New Yorker. "You will only hasten its demise." A Seattle reader objected to "tabloid-news antics" and questioned why TIME "devoted a cover to shark attacks since, according to the article, dogs bite many thousands more people than sharks do." A tad more appreciative was a reader from Michigan who said he was "glad to see my lawyer made your cover...
...seamen and picking up African treasures. Today, as I stroll along the harbor, stevedores off-load shipments slowly - a languor born of chronic underemployment. Still, the Chinese come. "We Chinese can find business opportunities everywhere," grins Cen Haokun, one of three affable brothers who own six restaurants and a shark's fin and sea cucumber exporting business in Mombasa. Farther down the coast, Mohamed Oloya lops dorsal fins off great whites, then sells them to a middleman who transfers the shark bits to the brothers Cen. The Malindi-born fisherman is unsure why the Chinese crave a useless chunk...