1. The concern we have always had is that if Asian countries don't recover, this could spread to other countries and what is a minor 　　　problemfor our country could become a severe problem. 2. Somewhat to their own surprise, scholars are discovering that it is possible to study the future. 　 Their surprise is only natural because serious-mined people have traditionally felt that the future is unknowble for the simple reason 　that it does not exsit -　until it becomes the present, at which point it has ceased to be the future. 3. The story I loved best,, as a child, was that of my grandfather opening every box of Cracker Jack in the general store he ran, 　 in search of the particular tin toy my mother coveted.