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I read TIME's pick of "The World's most Influential People" with great pleasure [May 11]. I found the articles fascinating, even poetic at times--until I got to Ann Coulter's essay on Sarah Palin. All of the other writers praise their candidates without disparaging someone else. Coulter, who in this case insults John McCain, seems incapable of such an approach. Melanie Hart, TROY, MICH.

Coulter was correct that Palin was responsible for "more votes than the usual vice-presidential candidate." What I think Coulter missed was that most of those votes went to the other ticket. Erin Pagel, redlands, calif.

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