CEO Gerard Arpey's letter ["Vantage Point"], in which he talked about students who graduated this spring, struck a chord because of a three-day strategic-planning session I'd just participated in for my daughters' school system.

The section on the milestone birthdays of many well-known people and products ["UpFront"] reminded me of my mom's recent 80th birthday. I cut that out for a birthday portfolio I'm assembling for her.

Your "Generation Gap" article was intriguing for me as a younger baby boomer and because several of my colleagues have recently attended workshops about supervising people of various generations.

The article on China ["Great Leap Forward (Again)"] was fascinating because I love reading about global issues. Also, the rise of China is particularly interesting to me because as Milwaukee and Wisconsin
have lost tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs to Mexico and China over the past 30 years, the city and state are working on new business relationships with China.

I got to "Summer of Love ... and Cocktails," and all of the drink recipes looked so delicious, I had to save them for some summer trials on the deck.

The whole trip was great, but the magazine made it especially worthwhile.

Ted Anderson, New berlin, Wisconsin

Dear Ted: Thanks for all of the kind words. Now please excuse us while we try to get our egos back in check.

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THERE'S NO I IN SHERRI. OH, WAIT ... YES, THERE IS.
Sherri Burns's "Editor's Note" has quite a following among frequent fliers to see how many personal pronouns she can use in such a short piece. Actually, most people moan about how self-centered and mundane the piece generally is, but we've quickly learned to make a game of it: Count the personal pronouns (Mom always said that something good could be found in most any situation). The April 15 column was her weakest effort in a very long time - only 18 personal pronouns - and it was her best article in the last year, as she pointed out many things that were of interest to us, the readers.