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Depicting Dr. Andrew Weil as some sort of primeval figure reflects your total disrespect for the "ordinariness" of his teachings, which are helping many of us add years to our lives. If you can turn Rosie into some type of sexpot with your photo, surely you could show Dr. Weil wearing the business suit that he dons for his PBS broadcasts. TERRY BLOOM San Francisco
After reading your choices, I wanted to throw my issue against the wall. While I think TIME has been one of the most influential magazines in the world since its inception, I wonder how you can compare Tiger Woods with a Mozart, a Jesus or a Gandhi. Woods plays golf, that's it, and comparing him with figures like Einstein, Beethoven or even Bill Gates is a slap in the face to those individuals who have shaped our history or are shaping our future. FRED M. TURBEVILLE III Pensacola, Florida
Let's be realistic. Tiger Woods has won one major golf tournament. I am not ready, as everyone else seems to be, to proclaim him the greatest athlete in the history of man for this accomplishment. Also, the comparison to Jackie Robinson does serious disservice to Robinson on the 50th anniversary of his breaking the color barrier in baseball. For Woods, the doors are already open. What he did last Sunday as a minority player in the lily-white world of golf, however, was truly remarkable. I salute everyone who continues to see Woods' accomplishments beyond the color of his skin. VISH ABEYGUNAWARDENA Toronto
The strongest evidence of the revolution in business and work life is the description of Dilbert as a "working-class hero." Not so long ago, that term would have conjured up images of steelworkers, autoworkers and other blue-collar wage earners--evidence of the strength of industry in the U.S. Now the working-class hero is a white-collar, striped-tie-wearing cubicle dweller. The success of Dilbert is more a reflection of the enormous changes that have taken place in America than an influence toward such change. KEN GIBSON Toronto
CALL TO ARMS
Now Argentina may be forced, because of ever present territorial disputes--most notably with Chile, the country given a green light to pursue arms purchases--to invest in expensive weaponry instead of improving desperately needed social services [WORLD, April 14]. The governments in Latin America are still in the process of democratic consolidation. Although the region has become less militarized, a threat remains. As public school teachers across Argentina demand better pay, the last thing this region needs is an arms race. GAVIN PARRISH Buenos Aires
WHERE SHOULD CHILDREN SLEEP?