FERGIE & ANDREW
I think several factors probably contributed to Fergie and Andy's breakup. She was constantly hounded by the press about her weight, choices in fashion, who her friends were and whatever else the media could find wrong. I don't agree that she was faultless however; she had to have known what she was getting into when she said yes to the Prince. When you're that much in the public eye, you have to be above reproach. She wasn't careful enough, and I'm sorry to see her go. She was a breath of fresh air among the rest of the stuffy, boring royal family.
CHERI COFFMAN, Decatur, Ill.
Shame on you, Fergie! You were given the awesome responsibility of representing Your entire nation and commonwealth by marrying into the royal family, and you trade it all for a few cheap thrills with an oil baron. In the same situation I would have certainly put my title and position above my own desires. That's the responsibility of royalty—just ask the Duke of Windsor.
PAMELA M. KUESTER, Marietta, Ga.
It's not like Prince Andrew is hard up for money, and he certainly doesn't need a job. If he really wants to save his marriage, he could quit the Royal Navy and stay home with his wife and children.
MARY-ANNE MARTIN, Lincoln, Nebr.
Your article points out that Andrew can accept the fact that his wife has a past and that, in the event of a divorce, sympathy will be on his side. I am reminded of Andrew's colorful past. In addition, the House of Windsor has a history of sexual indiscretions. As the saying goes, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."
NANCY ORR, Richardson, Tex.
Well, la-di-da! So now that lovable redhead Fergie is one of Peck's Bad Girls again! Isn't it great that her royal sweetness, Di, has distanced herself from her onetime friend? With friends like that, who needs enemies? Let's just lock up all those royal swells in the throne room, and then we readers won't have to get sick and tired of reading about them! Ugh! As for Fergie, hurrah for her! She is a real person; what you see is what you get.
MARY LOKKEN, Strum, Wis.
LEE IACOCCA
I read with great interest Lee Iacocca's views on American-made cars. The first car I owned as a teenager was a red 1963 Pontiac Bonneville. This, no doubt, influenced my decision last October to buy a new 1992 red Pontiac Bonneville. Little did I know that almost 30 years later I would buy a car that got worse gas mileage than my 1963 model. Repeated trips to the dealer and complaints to Pontiac have not helped; they only tell me that the engine is performing to specifications. Eleven miles per gallon is far from my specifications. For now, my beautiful new car sits in my driveway. I am driving my 1974 Toyota to work. Which, by the way, Mr. Iacocca, has been driven 280,000 miles and still gets 26 miles per gallon.
KATHY BYARS, Albertville, Ala.
A Pontiac spokesman agrees that 11 miles per gallon is unusual, since the Bonneville is intended to get 18 miles to the gallon in city driving and 28 on the highway. He has offered to look into Ms. Byars's problem.—ED.
Lee Iacocca tells ns to bin American, "because they are so damn good." Nice try, Lee. I have worked in a Ford plant and owned Fords, Chryslers and Chevies, and they all died at 100,000 miles or were too costly to repair. My current and first foreign car, a Toyota Tercel, has surpassed 156,000 miles and is still going strong. Am I proud of buying foreign cars? Not at all. Will I continue to until domestic car companies can offer the price and proven quality standards of many foreign cars? Absolutely! The tax-credit plan Lee suggested was also typically American. Golf is a multibillion-dollar industry in the U.S., and I give private golf lessons. Maybe people can get a tax break on the fees they pay me. Great idea, Lee!
HAL J. WALKER, Watertown, Conn.
Unfortunately, Mr. Iacocca, like so many other American executives, really does think American workers are dumb. But we're smart enough to know that a car made of non-U.S. parts, assembled in Canada, Mexico, Korea or Japan, is not American just because it says Chrysler, Ford or GM. And I know I'm unemployed because Chrysler chose not to buy American.
BARBARA HILL, Beloit, Wis.
TED KENNEDY & VICTORIA REGGIE
Pardon me for being just the teeniest bit skeptical of Ted Kennedy's motive in his recent public mea culpa. Are we to believe that a man who has cheated, lied, womanized and boozed his way through life for 60 years can suddenly become a respectable, honest, faithful husband? Forget it! He is, and forever will be, a spoiled, pampered, arrogant, youngest son of a filthy-rich father. I'm afraid even the clever Victoria will prove no match for Terrible Teddy.
RITA VENEZIANI, Bellevue, Wash.
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