The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, February 21, 1995             TAG: 9502210005
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A10  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

PRECEDENTS

Governor Allen's assurance that ``something will work out'' for youthful victims of his education and welfare cuts calls to mind some very distinguished predecessors in reactionary causes.

Wasn't it Marie Antoinette who said, ``Let them eat cake''?

Wasn't it Louis XIV who said, ``After me, the flood''?

What followed was a revolution.

ALFRED B. ROLLINS JR.

Norfolk, Feb. 15, 1995 by CNB