Skirts

Skirts

Thoughtful readers of The Jakarta Post may have difficulty
reconciling two recent fashion reports. On Nov. 20, the Post
published a letter castigating U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright for her wearing of short skirts, flashing a bit of knee
and thigh at diplomatic receptions.

On the previous day the Post's sports pages carried a news
report that the National Basketball Association fined two players
of the Portland Trail Blazers and three members of the Minnesota
Timberwolves for wearing excessively long basketball shorts, in
violation of the NBA rule mandating that shorts must not be lower
than one inch above the knee.

The solution is obvious. Ms. Albright, who made history as the
first female Secretary of State, should resign and make history
again by becoming the first female coach (or player?) in the
National Basketball Association. Then she could wear her skirts
or shorts comfortably above the knee, without fear of criticism.

HARVEY A. LEVE

Jakarta