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Although he has always defined himself as a political progressive, Hennefeld's interest in labor concerns did not begin until the summer of 1997, when he participated in a program in Atlanta, Georgia called "Union Summer," sponsored by the American Federation of Labor (AFL). He spent the summer researching issues surrounding the labor movement and learning the details of labor union work from behind the scenes...
Discussions begin in earnest...
Radcliffe begins to threaten the Wilson might step down form the presidency soon; they want a solution. Recognizing that Rudenstine and Sheerr have gone as far as they can for the time being, Fineberg and Wallach begin their interactions...
Whether you're scared of the Y2K bug, psyched for a new beginning in a world where time starts at zero or afraid that the universe will end when the clock strikes midnight, next New Year's Eve is shaping up to be the Main Event. (A note to all you mathematicians--yes, the new millennium does technically begin in 2001, but the apocalyptic nature of all those zeroes has us focusing on 2000 as the de facto turning point...
...Robert P. Kirshner points out, "If the universe is 15 billion years old, that's a million millennia. What's the big deal?" The danger in our societal emphasis on the coming millennium is that as we spend so much time measuring and acknowledging the passage of time, we begin to ignore what it is we're doing in that time...