Gwinn High School - Gwinner Yearbook (Gwinn, MI)

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The Baby M Dilemma When a Mew Jersey couple offered to pay Mary Beth Whitehead to bear a child for them, the arrangement was similar to hundreds of such deals. But after Baby M” was bom, Whitehead had second thoughts and fled with the child she now wants to Keep. The case has called into question both the adaptability of the law to social change and traditional definition of parenthood. Saying No” to Parenthood More parents are choosing not to have a baby, pushing the rate of child- lessness in this country to its highest level since the Depression. The lack of reliable income dissuaded many in the past, but today's couples cite dif- ferent reasons: the chance for a chal- lenging career, the cost of child rear- ing ($135,000 from cradle to college) and an unwillingness to sacrifice the good life.” Drugs — Cocaine Cocaine is not fun and games. The Boston Celtics learned this after the death of their star and legendary player, Len Bias. Bias had been drafted by the Celtics and closed a deal to promote sneakers for $1.6 million. Celebrating with friends in his University of Maryland dorm he ODd on cocaine, claiming, I can handle anything.” Cocaine was thought to be the glamour drug. Bias' death opened America's eyes to something it didn't want to see. Cocaine struck at random and could kill even the light user. And now there's crack, a cheap, highly addictive new form of cocaine. Jordan's Life Michael Jordan of the Chi- cago Bulls is soaring above the national Basketball Asso- ciation in a way no back-court man ever has. Averaging near- ly 40 points a game, he is also a team player who dazzles fans with his mid-air moves and is the best in all of sports. 6

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Wizard Shops More than ever the survival of companies depend on new products. Then enter the wizards — small design shops that brainstorm a product from inception to packaging. The new York Mets brought self ordained greatness and Media legend. Reprieved again and again, the Mets finally savored not only their celebrity and luck but poise under fire that made their championship all the sweeter. Heroic Quest Pilots Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager flew nonstop around the world in 11 days without refueling. Voyager — a flying tank with a hugh wingspan, lightweight con- struction and four engines — can lift 10 times its weight. Ten years old Mike Caruso taken hostage by a Syrian gunman in the Dallas Fort Worth airport, talked his way out of it. Julie Rent of Potomac, MD., age 17 has been asked to join the American Ballet Theater. ABT artistic director Milchail Baryshnikov not only invited Rent to join the corps this fall, but he also chose her to star with him in his third film, A Time to Dance.” Marathon Men This year's Hew York City Marathon winner — Gianni Poli of Italy (right). Horway's Grete Waitz (left) won this years Boston Marathon. 5

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— $69 Toxic chemicals spilled into the water of the Rhine river during a fire at a Sandoz chemical plant in Basel, Switzerland on No- vember 1st. On the March A hugh demonstration in Shanghai marked the cli- max of three weeks of campus agitation in favor of the modest democratic reforms suggested by Deng Xiao- ping. But the demonstrations seemed too spontane- ous, causing Chinese leaders to worry that popular democratic aspirations were getting out of hand. 100 Years Old The Statue of Liberty's 100th birthday million renovation. Stephanie Is High On Lowe Princess Stephanie of Mo- naco may have finally met her match, actor Rob Lowe The Chernobyl Syndrome In a chilling account of human misjud- gement, Soviet officials in Moscow gave their first detailed explanation of what went wrong at Chernobyl to trigger the world's worst nuclear accident. 22. Stephanie is Monaco's favorite royal model, cloth- ing designer, and new mov- ie star.