Word: widener
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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...
...example of tunnel vision. Has Krauthammer read the news reports over the past six months? The world press generally agreed that the opening of the Jerusalem tunnel was merely the spark that ignited long-smoldering flames of despair over years of injustice by the Israeli government against the Palestinians. Widen your vision, Krauthammer; take the long view of history and begin with the exiling of the Palestinian people in 1948. ROSE TRIGG Colorado Springs...
According to Boutros-Ghali, the U.N. has three directives regarding terrorism: to use re-existing international instruments of law, to encourage nations to overcome difficulties arising from international coordination and to widen the scope of the international conventions. He listed 11 international conventions currently sponsored by the U.N.--nine of which have already been ratified--addressing diplomatic immunity, hostage situations, air travel, industry and weapons of mass destruction. Boutros-Ghali said, however, that major obstacles stand in the way of global cooperation...