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But shortages are also appearing in the least-skilled jobs. "You drive around and every fast-food restaurant has a HELP WANTED sign hanging in the window," observes Jack Kyser, chief economist at the Los Angeles Economic Development Corp. Such signs also decorate the grocery stores, clothing boutiques and delicatessens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Help! | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

A kid working in a print shop in Keokuk, Iowa, is dazzled by a book about exploring the Amazon, by a ship captain named William Lewis Herndon. The kid, who is fizzing with light-out-for-the- territory restlessness, quits his job and hops a steamer for New Orleans, hellbent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fantastic Voyage | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

For a literary archaeologist, the sinking of the Central America was ideal. Nearly 450 people drowned, but 149 men, women and children were saved, and their accounts of the horror began spreading to the continent's newspapers as soon as rescue ships reached port. Captain Herndon, who went down with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fantastic Voyage | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

Choate Rosemary Hall senior Angela Ruggiero, a teammate of Mleczko's on the U.S. Olympic Team, and Canadian Olympic Team member Jennifer Botterill are expected to matriculate at Harvard in the fall. Ruggiero and Botterill are widely considered among the continent's top high school players, and both should make...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Returns to ECACs, Plants Seeds for Next Season | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

Africa Fete began as the dream of Mamadou Konte, an African immigrant living in Paris. He wanted to bring a little of Africa to Europe to show Parisians what that continent's culture was all about. So in 1978 he founded Africa Fete, a weeklong series of concerts in Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Fresh Summer Beat | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

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