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Sir / Your brief report on Americans studying medicine abroad [April 16] is yet another example of the neglect of priorities that threatens the U.S. Now at the University of Liege, as one of those "would-be physicians," I feel betrayed by my country. But more important, the U.S. is betraying itself
PAUL M. PECKINS
Liege, Belgium
The Course of Art Sir / I am appalled at Robert Hughes' recent review of Bruce Nauman's work [April 16]. Some people liked Nauman's show, some did not—par for the course. But even Nauman's most impassioned detractors admit the high degree to which his early work at least influenced the course and development of contemporary art history.
BRENDA RICHARDSON
Assistant Director/Curatorial University Art Museum Berkeley, Calif.
Sir / At long last someone has the courage and the words to do a good job of twisting the tails of the cultists of so-called modern art.
J.H. MOSS
Stow, Ohio
Thank You, No
Sir / As a Canadian, I feel that I must tell you that an oil pipeline [April 16] "from Alaska to the Midwest through Canada's Mackenzie Valley" is one little item without which Canada's heretofore beautiful, unspoiled natural heritage could get along just fine.
Buy some of our nice clean hydropower if you must, but please keep your pipeline out of Canada.
ANDREW SOLKIN
Philadelphia
Why Ask Them?
Sir / In answer to the question in your article "Showdown in Montana" [April 16], "Should the residents of one region of the nation be asked to give up their land and traditions for the good of other Americans living hundreds of miles away?"
Why ask them?
We need that coal! Let's do the same to them as we did to the American Indians. Move 'em out! Put 'em on reservations! Strip the land! And when citizens of the Big Sky country get too angry or too loud, you can label them "militants" who are overreacting.
LOIS BLAESE
Columbus, N.J.
Violent Reaction
Sir / Most women would agree with Billy Graham that it is "interesting that the thought of castration stirs a far more violent reaction than the idea of rape itself" [April 16].
We would disagree, however, that "perhaps this is part of our permissive society's sickness." The problem is simply and obviously male chauvinism!
MARY LOU HAAS
Durango, Colo.