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- LETTERS, Page 8THE NEW U.S.S.R.
-
- I want to pay homage to Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin
- for their efforts to democratize and modernize the Soviet Union
- (SPECIAL ISSUE, April 10). The country will soon reach a point
- from which it will be impossible to turn back.
-
- Jose Paulo Mariano Pego Coimbra, Portugal
-
- The Soviets are doing a good job of letting Westerners in
- to see their progress. But true change will be evident when
- they readily let their people out to see the West.
-
- Daniel W. Wright Etobicoke, Ont.
-
- Your report detailed many changes attributable to glasnost.
- But without a system of law that effectively protects human
- rights, all you describe can be swept away at the wave of a
- dictator's hand.
-
- Bert Raphael, Chairman Canadian Lawyers and Jurists for
- Soviet Jewry Toronto
-
- I read with astonishment about demokratizatsiya in the
- U.S.S.R. Imagine -- real elections behind the Iron Curtain!
-
- Gary F. Millspaugh Allentown, Pa.
-
- I was surprised to find that in one way the Soviet voting
- system is superior to ours. If Soviet voters can deny a
- candidate office by crossing out his name, they have achieved
- a longtime wish of a number of us Americans.
-
- William DeBussey San Diego
-
- It was wonderful to see the article on the U.S.S.R.'s first
- Alcoholics Anonymous group. Now Soviet problem drinkers have a
- chance to recover through this excellent program. However,
- please never refer to a "religious tone" in A.A. meetings.
- Spiritual, yes, but not necessarily religious. Anyone can
- identify with a higher power, whatever it might be, without
- religious overtones. Otherwise, an alcoholic atheist wouldn't
- have a chance -- here or in the Soviet Union.
-
- William J. Laurent Kalamazoo, Mich.
-