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...roadster. These wonderful machines offer an escape for the soul and spirit, a place to relish life's victories and reconcile its defeats. But Hughes is correct: you'll have little use for one "unless you are prepared to go somewhat out on the edge." BOBBY MITCHELL, M.D. Douglasville, Ga...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 14, 1998 | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...badly does Congress want to nix a national ID card? Not very. Late in the evening last Wednesday, Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) tried to yank spending for a Department of Transportation ID card proposal that would compel states to encode Social Security numbers (and possibly digitized fingerprints) into driver's licenses. Barr's ploy didn't work. Democrats defended the plan as a way to let immigrants prove they're citizens. Other Republicans suggested Barr try to forge a compromise with transportation bureaucrats, which he'll do in a meeting this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress's Identity Crisis | 8/5/1998 | See Source »

Being in an HMO has saved me more than $10,000 in the past three years. We just had a baby who cost us $10 out of pocket. We've never had a problem with quality issues or failure to pay. GEORGE EVANS Dublin, Ga...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 3, 1998 | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

...section about Dalton, Ga., the "Carpet Capital," described how the city recruited Mexican teachers in order to attract Mexican workers. I found the condescending manner of some Dalton residents outrageous. You quoted an elderly Southern gentleman as saying, "I know these [Mexican] children are here to stay--as butchers, Realtors, car salesmen, physicians." Of course, the "physicians" remark was gratuitous. This man's attitude only reflects the fact that while the Hispanic population in the U.S. may be growing, our children are destined only to service the country's middle class unless they are better educated. KAREN SILVA Miami...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 3, 1998 | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

...lack of commonplace technology. Perhaps instead of funding an RV museum that no one visits, Elkhart's city fathers could better spend the town's money on modernizing an antiquated system that forces dependent children to do without and allows deadbeat dads to go free. GERRI MOTTS Marietta, Ga...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 3, 1998 | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

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