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...information-technology teacher and computer coordinator here at the Vientiane International School, I read with great interest the article on new software programs for students [Oct. 4]. I found it ironic that the Encarta Reference Suite 2000 was endorsed as a tool when it encourages plagiarism. An application that allows students to "cut and paste'' electronic information to index cards, then export that material to a word-processing program for editing and arranging, clearly does just that. In addition, it gives the students the impression that Encarta is the be-all and end-all in the research process. Research, however...
Robert Hughes' graphic account of his accident in Australia made for gripping reading [DISPATCH, Oct. 11]. He said of his near-death experience that Jesus "didn't show." But one cannot expect to find Christ in death if one has not known him in life. MARIUS J. DE WAAL Stellenbosch, South Africa...
...have an 8-ft. bronze Leonardo da Vinci horse in Grand Rapids, Mich. [Letters, Oct. 18], but we also have a 24-ft. version, just like the Leonardo horse in Milan, Italy. In fact, ours is not even a copy. It was cast at the same time as the Milan horse; all the parts of the two statues are interchangeable. And thanks to philanthropist Fred Meijer, our horse provides a hands-on art experience for those who visit--art you can walk right up to and touch (not mounted on a pedestal like the one in Milan...
...could shrink the world's population [WORLD, Oct. 18] to a village of 100 people, maintaining all the existing ratios, the village would look like this: 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the western hemisphere (North, Central and South America) and 8 Africans. Seventy of the 100 would be nonwhite. Seventy would be non-Christian. Six people would control 50% of the world's wealth, and all of them would be citizens of the U.S. Seventy people would be unable to read, more than half would suffer from malnutrition and 80 would live in substandard housing. Only...
...Reform Party appears to be a gathering of societal misfits. With a would-be candidate like Donald Trump [PUBLIC EYE, Oct. 18] and an elected official like Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, it is a party of airheads and egomaniacs. What a travesty of democracy that these shallow characters aspire to be candidates for public office, or already hold it! With people like them, "In God We Trust" is an even more urgent watchword for the welfare of our country. MIDGE RITTER Gettysburg...