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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...talking about religion, Gates says going to church is not very efficient in terms of allocation of time. But he has been known to make time to indulge in all-night bridge games, 1,100-page textbooks, singing lessons and 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles. KENT CLARK La Crescenta, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 3, 1997 | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

...seem to be fascinated with this guy because he's rich, but Gates has never had an original thought in his life. The thought of this guy's gaining control of cyberspace and guiding the development of computers in the future is chilling to contemplate. BOB RUST Thousand Oaks, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 3, 1997 | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

There is something grotesque about a young child wearing lipstick, eye makeup and show-girl costumes. Whether or not the parents of JonBenet had anything to do with her death, they certainly made a travesty of her life. POLLY S. BROWDER La Jolla, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 3, 1997 | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

...enjoyed foreign films are now in our 50s and 60s. For people with declining eyesight who rent videos, subtitles are almost impossible to read on a television screen, yellow backed or not. Can't someone in the vast moviemaking industry devise more readable subtitles? CYNTHIA SHUMAN Dublin, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 3, 1997 | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

...specifically asking Congress to revise the language of welfare reform, which blocked federal funding for some of those benefits. The governors had dropped a more explicit demand that the federal government restore Medicaid, disability and food stamps benefits for legal immigrants. Governors of states with heavy immigration, such as California, Florida and New York, remain concerned that the bureaucratic backlogs delaying the granting of citizenship to legal immigrants is leaving thousands of legal residents of the U.S. in a benefits no-man?s-land. Says 59-year-old Korean native Chul Baek, a resident of Los Angeles who depends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Governors Fudge on Welfare Change | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

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