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...Vikings on the cover of TIME? Well, I guess anything not related to Elian Gonzalez will do. CHARLES J. ILARDI New York City...
...economic freedoms, the charge of maintaining a repressive dictatorship applies as much to China as to Cuba. "It's very easy to see the distinction," Lott insisted. "And if you all can't see it, I don't know, maybe you're just blind to it." Perhaps, but the Elian Gonzalez debacle and the argument trumpeted in support of the China trade bill that trade is a weapon against repression may actually have helped to swell the ranks of the "blind" on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill...
...Elian's ordeal at sea was bad enough; the show of force was even worse. Let's hope it didn't do permanent damage. PATRICIA LIMON Guadalajara, Mexico
...Miami relatives really believe Elian would choose Nintendo and cable TV over his father? And what happened to the Republicans' tough stance on family values? They would have us believe that if you choose to live in a communist country, your love for your own flesh and blood isn't as strong as in the U.S. EDITH LARYEA Montreal...
Raising an outcry (and images of Elian Gonzalez), the Thai community successfully sued to stay the INS's hand. "No investigation had been made as to who was the rightful custodian," says Chanchanit Martorell of the Thai Community Development Center. "What was the rush?" Meanwhile, the boy's paternal grandparents have applied for U.S. visas to claim him. His mother is now the most scorned woman in Thailand. After saying she knew nothing of the smuggling, Tabtim Kaewtaengjan tearily confessed to reporters that she was an unfit mother. Her son, it turns out, had been used twice before on smuggling...