Albright's short skirt

"Short skirt" rather than "Short visit" would have been a more apt photo caption for the picture of the meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Her by now notorious public display of overripe knees and thighs on official visits is not only undignified but also embarrassing in the extreme.

Time and again, media coverage of the United States' top diplomat depict Mrs. Albright in a rather unstately and ungainly posture and somebody should finally have the guts to tell her that she is not a Lady Di and that adding length to her skirt would add dignity to that of her office.

JOE L. SPARTZ

Jakarta