Word: strength
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...seven NATO countries, including politicians government officials, academics and think-tank analysts, for a three-day Atlantic Conference '83 in Hamburg, West Germany. Explains Editor-in-Chief Henry Grunwald, who led TIME'S delegation of 26 editors, writers and correspondents: "We all know that the survival and strength of the Atlantic Alliance, military, political, economic, are of the utmost importance to world peace. We wanted to find some way to focus on these issues, draw new insights and offer some possible solutions...
...documentary The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception appeared to accuse retired Army General William Westmoreland of being one of the principal figures behind a "conspiracy at the highest levels of American military intelligence." The alleged aim was to underreport enemy troop strength and create the illusion that the U.S. was winning the Viet Nam War. After the January broadcast, the angered general turned down the network's offer of 15 minutes' rebuttal time and last September slapped CBS with a $120 million libel suit. That suit is generating its own prickly set of constitutional complications...
There was more than a hint of embarrassment, though. The report provided details on eleven "principal flaws" in the preparation and production of the program. Among them: a failure to prove that there was a "conspiracy" to underreport enemy troop strength; failure to identify one of the sources as a "paid consultant"; "an imbalance in presenting the two sides of the issue"; and the "coddling of sympathetic witnesses" when the documentary was filmed. Also included in the report were transcripts of some interviews done for the show that displayed apparent coaching of a source by a CBS journalist...
...returned, but first seed Howard Sands was out resting an ankle injury. But against the Tigers, everyone was healthy, showing unbelievable strength by winning five three-set matches. The only team casualty was second seed Warren Grossman, who took on Tiger Mike Bodden, a player he has never been able to beat...
...Indonesian invasion of East Timor is not a matter of the past. FRETILIN is still fighting and has actually gained strength. A large surprise attack on the capital Dili took place in 1981 killing many Indonesian soldiers and destroying the local TV station. And documents smuggled out of East Timor late last year indicate that FRETILIN troops have reorganized and number about 6,500. According to The Washington Post (January 16, 1983), this renewed strength of FRETILIN could be corroborated by independent reports of recent refugees and letters from East Timor. All of these reports indicate that guerrilla activity...