Word: teresas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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POPULATION AND MOTHER TERESA...
...letter you published from Bill Isbister, director of Too Many People...Too Little Earth! [LETTERS, Oct. 6], criticized Mother Teresa and stated that "overpopulation is literally greed personified." I contend that overpopulation is ignorance and poverty personified. These two things do not spell greed. If we can stamp out ignorance and poverty, overpopulation will be eliminated naturally. Mother Teresa is one of the best examples to follow. Who better understood these harsh realities? JOANN D. CURCIO Cos Cob, Conn...
...watched coverage of the death of Diana with sadness, and although I am not religious, I wept watching the funeral of Mother Teresa. A billboard in Calcutta bore the apt legend: MOTHER, 1910-ETERNITY. I feel that Mother should have been accorded a special commemorative issue of her own, with her wonderful face on the cover. Both were great women, but Mother Teresa was truly a living saint. BONNY LUSTED Cape Town...
...Mother Teresa, the Nobel Laureate, is said to have left only two saris and a bucket as her worldly possessions, but she is more respected than modern Queens, Kings and billionaires [WORLD, Sept. 22]. Is there a lesson here for our materialist world? VINAY MAHAJAN Melbourne...
...Mother Teresa's love of humanity is eternal. Millions revered her as an incarnation of God. It was disappointing to see that TIME portrayed her within a religious framework, when she was and will remain much above it. MOHAMMAD ISMAT KABIR Brisbane, Australia...