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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
An Athelst Speaks Out
reaching its time of decision.
atomic and hydrogen
and supporters in the United
When 1 first settled in
explosions. We are, so to say,
States is described in the
1 have been reading your
peaceful and beautiful
condemned to live in
July 29, /985,
Washington
magazine now for five
Lebanon, it would have been
peace-or perish!
Times
article "In South
months. In thi s short time 1
impossible to imagine any
The UN's very imposing
Africa. Soviets Turn the
have become a totally new
such situation as faces us
''swords-to-plowshares''
Invisible Screws." lt was
being. 1 was an atheist for
now. Many thanks for your
symbol must not be merely a
wrillen by the
Times
editor
three years
(1
am age 15).
informative and instructive
symbol but should rather be
Arnaud de Borchgrave. He
Then by chance 1 picked up
writings.
a living reality, for only
/ists no names of those
a copy as 1 passed a
T.N.W. Bush
then- but not till then-can
involved.
newsagents with a stand
Penartb, WaJes
we have peace, real peace and
The
Plain Truth
artic/e in
outside it. To this day
l
still
Seven Laws of Success
not a mere lull during which
question limited the focus to
don't know why.
preparations for war are
the area of strategic
After reading 1 was taken
Thank you for tbe bookJets
made.
minerals. An artic/e on
aback, and have been a
you recently sent. 1 found
Leo Luna
apartheid
and race relations
subscriber ever since.
particularly interesting
The
Caridad, Cality City,
worldwide appears in this
Micbael Rigby
Seven Laws of Success.
I
Philippines
issue on page two.
Liverpool, England
would agree that the most
South African Crisis
AlOS
important is the 7th one:
Ch lld Rea ring
" Having contact with and the
Please authenticate (with
Donald D. Schroeder's
1 have been reading your
guidance and continuous help
date, document and source)
article on the subject of
magazine for about a year.
of God."
the statement attributed to
AIDS is the most
O ne of the most interesting
1 found your article "What
Brezhnev on page 25 (col. 3)
enlightening article
T
have
series of arti cles 1 have found
Most Taxpayers Have Not
of your Nov.-Dec. '85 issue.
read. The explanations are
was the one on child rearing.
Been Told!" interesting. Oh
In the same articl e, in
very clear, telling tbe readers
1 agree with the points you
that our tax system
(l
refer
discussing the Soutb African
in detail and in an
have made and believe I shall
to the British system
crisis, why is there no
understandable manner t he
benefit from them in the
P.A.Y.E. with the
mentían of apartheid and the
dangers involved and exactly
future. 1 think it is importan!
complicated Tax Codes) could
regime's dependence on it?
where the risks lie.
J
have
for a teenager sucb as me to
be simplified to an across the
How can apartheid be ended
had difficulty in
know all abou t how to bring
board 10%. Please could you
without first removing the
understanding news reports,
up children properly so they
send me a copy of your
regime to which it is
whether it has been through
grow up into good, fair,
booklets
Ending Your
indispensable? What were the
newspapers or television, but
decent-minded people.
Financia/ Worries
and
names and positions of the
this excellent article by him
N. Bhalla
Managing Your Personal
people at the 1984 meeting at
is worthy of a place in
West M idlands, England
Finances.
the U.N., mentioned on p. 26
everyone's medica! reference
Midd le East Crisis
Michael Fowler
in the same issue?
book.
Royton, England
Dorothy Stone
Fred Hatcher
Yery many thanks for the
Unlted Natlons at 40
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Surrey, England
two booklets
The Midd/e
East in Prophecy
and
A
l'm referring to your
The statement attributed to
1n your last issue of
World Held Captive
received
article entitled: "The United
the late Soviet
November 1985 1 found the
this morning. Knowing how
Nations at 40." This august
President- "Our aim is
to
article of M
r.
Schroeder
valuable your assessment of
body may not be a total
gain comrol of che two great
about the sexually
world affairs invariably is,
embodiment of Tennyson's
treasure houses on which the
transmissible diseases
from my regular reading of
vision "of a pa.rliament of
West depends-the energy
thoroughly documented, clear
the
Plain Truth
magazine, I
men, where the war-drum
treasure house of the Persian
and complete. Like all
look forward to reading these
throbs no longer . .. ," nor
Gulf and the mineral
previous articles it has
valuable publications with
can the U.N. stop all wars,
treasure house of central and
nothing to envy from accurate
great interest.
but certainly, it is an
southern Africa"- is found
medica! ones.
lt
dips to the
My past twclve years have
inslrument of peace.
on page 25 of former
core of this social problem,
been spcnt in Lebanon,
Another world war, may
Presiden/ Richard Nixon's
this new plague that has
Cyprus and Saudi Arabia,
God forbid it , will be too
book,
The Real War
(1981
recently struck Greece, too.
where 1 am still employed. 1
horrible to contemplate. What
Warner Books, paperback
You masterfully analyze its
am particularly interested in
will remain in this world?
edition).
many facets among which
this arca and am convinced
Nothing- absolutely
The accounc of the 1984
moral dccadence and its
that it is the region where,
nothing- but dust! For no
meeting at the U.N. between
consequences mankind reaps.
according to biblical prophecy
human and animal life can
/eaders of the African
Dr. M. Stavropoulos
of course, man's future is
long endure the effects of
Nacional Congress (ANC)
Kifissia, Greece
Aprll 1986
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