The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, March 22, 1996                 TAG: 9603220003
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A16  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   20 lines

REALITY CHECK

Your March 13 caption, ``Like fine wine, George Allen mellows with age,'' is absolutely hilarious.

What really happened is that on his way over ``to kick their (Democrats') mealy-mouthed soft teeth down their whiney little throats,'' he ran into a small problem. He got rapped right up the side of his gourd with a 2x4 called reality.

BILL WHITESIDE

Virginia Beach, March 14, 1996 by CNB