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Your article about Ross Perot's choosing me as his running mate [NATION, Sept. 23] distorted the description of my prior work. You wrote that after I left my position as Tennessee's commissioner of economic and community development, a state audit found that my "office had spent extravagantly (on staff trips and entertainment) and had 'completely violated' laws regarding competitive bidding." You go on to say I was never formally charged. To clarify the record, it was I who fired two employees--one for filing a false travel-expense report and the other for a false entertainment report...
...often heard that politicians make favorable deals for corporate supporters, but reading about specific actions by Bob Dole in your article "The Corporate Dole" brought home the realities of this egregious practice [NATION, Sept. 23]. The millions and billions of dollars these corporations save in taxes are coming out of our pockets; yet the politicians and of course the corporations claim that welfare and other social programs are responsible for our national woes. Why don't we hear more in the mainstream media about these atrocities? It might wake up a few more people so they would do something about...
...shooting of rap-music star Tupac Shakur should not be viewed as a tragedy [NATION, Sept. 23]. Although it is unfortunate that one more person has fallen victim to gang violence, Shakur was no more important than the thousands of others who die from such violence every year. Music like his has contributed to America's violent gang culture. Gang members are finally reaping what they have sown. Shakur's death only serves as proof that he was not in fact an artist. Art has positive social aspects, which are badly missing from gangsta rap. DAVID FABRYCKY Wheaton, Illinois...
...never been so sickened as I was after reading your article about the murder of 16-year-old Adrianne Jones by two Texas classmates who were romantically involved [CRIME, Sept. 23]. Why wasn't David Graham immediately suspected by the police, especially since Graham picked up Jones (presumably at her home) to go out on a date the night of her murder? Jones must have told someone what her plans were that horrible evening. Certainly somebody, a parent, classmate or neighbor, must have seen Graham pick up Jones. Why did it take a lucky and foolish dorm-room confession...
...American cruise-missile strikes on the Iraqi military establishments were as abrupt as they were bizarre [WORLD, Sept. 23]. Those of us in other parts of the world are left only with the perception of a trigger-happy U.S. Despite a plausible semblance of unity, Western Europe and Japan are at a loss about how to react. The reference to the U.N. resolutions is mere rhetoric, a fig leaf to cover what lies behind election politics. This charade demonstrates that Clinton is not a true world leader. YASUO HORI Matsudamachi, Japan