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Shooting the spots sometimes involved tricky logistics, as TIME promotion director Timothy Nix discovered when he supervised one illustrating our cover story on the beleaguered Colorado River and its effect on the nation's water system. The ad required a lone trout to swim in a tank as the water level rose and fell. Tim reports that 200 fishy hopefuls were brought in from a trout farm, under the care of a trained trout wrangler. Dozens had to be auditioned before the admakers found a star fish capable of navigating the ups and downs of the role. "I kept saying...
...case, how much force would be required and how many casualties might be expected depends heavily on what political objectives the allies set. Even the minimum objective -- securing the area around the airport so that relief flights can land safely -- might require taking out Serbian gun positions and tanks in the surrounding hills. Guesses of the force needed range from 45,000 to 100,000. French Colonel Jean-Louis Dufour, author of a book on the gulf war, thinks that it would take 75,000 troops grouped in three contingents, each including two tank regiments and two artillery regiments...
Such sentiments may seem "naive." But it was just such a pro-Western "naivete" that sent thousands of Muscovites into the streets to defend fragile Russian democracy last August after Yeltsin climbed atop a tank to face down a coup...
...assistant turned out to be very sympathetic. She promised that the tank commander would notify me before the grounds crews came to cut or spray the grass, or even if the wind changed direction...
...Quad Howl" (the suburban version of the River Houses' pre-exam primal scream) can sometimes get out of hand (bandies overtook the roof of Cabot House this year), but I figured this tank wasn't from the National Guard. No, its real purpose was more pressing. The tank was circling unceasingly and shooting grass seed from a huge cannon about 40 feet...