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...Joni's biography," recalled the manager, Steve Macklam. He phoned to double-check the profile and speak to Kilauren. The next call came from Mitchell herself. "Hi, it's Joni. Please call me. I'm overwhelmed." Since then Gibb, who has a young son, has seen her family circle widen almost daily. First came a call from her grandparents in Saskatoon. Then last week she met her biological father. "I was always sort of looking for her on the street, even though I didn't know it," says Brad MacMath, a Toronto photographer. "To have a grown daughter and grandson...
...Hawks quickly regained momentum in the beginning of the second quarter when they scored two quick goals to widen...
...other hand, money talks, and the Chinese might get louder when it comes to settling touchy disputes on trade--or Taiwan. Much louder. Last week Washington reported that America's trade deficit with China jumped to an all-time high in 1996 to $39.5 billion, a gap expected to widen, giving the Chinese yet another fistful of dollars with which to go shopping for U.S. bonds...
...decade, or for as long as the economy continues to steam along without a sharp recession. "The technology revolution is engulfing the globe," says Sinai. But pockets of low employment, and the gap between educational haves and have-nots, will also endure in the U.S. and always threaten to widen. That will remain a cause for concern even as the upsurge in jobs remains a cause for celebration...
...increased life-spans is a worsening overpopulation problem. And how about conflicts between the young and the aged because the young will not be able to get jobs? Since anti-aging treatments will most probably be expensive, the gap between the (long-lived) rich and the (mortal) poor will widen further. Finally, if you live to be 120 years old, you will have to work the majority of those years in order to survive. Do you really want a job as a greeter at Wal-Mart when you're 115 years old? BOB CHAMBERS San Diego Via E-mail...