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...Read "The Reasons Behind Big Oil Declining Iraq's Riches...
...Read "Spotlight: Japan's Elections...
...difficult to take Klein seriously as a journalist when he sprinkles in observations about Clinton's appearing "freckly without her makeup" and wearing an "electric-blue shift" rather than a jacket and pants. Why don't we read more TIME stories about Defense Secretary Robert Gates' facial appearance and choice of pants? Is it because this is irrelevant to the story? Mike Hamilton, EL PASO, TEXAS...
...Fallen Wall I read your article asking "Why the Wall Came Down" [Nov. 9]. What a swizz, claiming Reagan did it! Surely it was the epochal election of a Polish Pope, the most charismatic in centuries, and his triumphant return to Poland, that widened earlier cracks in the wall. Margaret Thatcher was the first Western leader to recognise Gorbachev as "someone we can do business with" while Washington policymakers stalled. Paddy McGarvey, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND...
...Burden Reading Joe Klein's article "In the Arena" I was initially insulted by the idea of what seemed to me an advocation of huge tax increases during or immediately after a recession [Nov. 9]. But as I read on I realized that Klein's ideas were not only rational and sound, they accurately described the problem with government employees' massive advantage in health insurance, and how the powerful unions will negate any attempt to tax their "gold-plated health care plans." The article even brought me to shame when he stated that we're nowhere close to a reasonable...