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Word: calendaring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...real turning point in world history. They are just an excuse for some folks to sell more alcohol, for others to drink more alcohol, and for still others to see if Anthrax really works as well as advertised. In fact, it's not even the year 2000. Our western calendar was concocted out of thin air by Dionysius Exiguus, a sixth-century Scythian monk, whose love of Jesus was eclipsed only by his inability to count accurately. Dionysius tried to estimate the date of his Savior's birth, and then tried to construct, on that foundation, a formal system...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Faux Millennium | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

...until next year. If you don't believe us, take the word of Arthur C. Clarke. Clarke wrote a very interesting book called 2001: A Space Odyssey, so we have to assume that he knows something about this subject. He recently issued a press release explaining, "Because the Western calendar starts with Year 1, and not Year 0, the 21st Century and the Third Millennium do not begin until January 1, 2001. Though some people have great difficulty in grasping this, there's a very simple analogy which should appeal to everyone. If the scale on your grocer's weighing...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Faux Millennium | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

...citizens vacillating between panic and nonchalance, the White House released a statement Monday designed to quell any nagging fears: Things will go wrong on December 31, 1999, says Clinton Y2K guru John Koskinen, but the vast majority of mishaps will be due to ordinary, everyday glitches, unrelated to the calendar date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lightbulb Go Out? Don't Rush to Blame Y2K | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...Pooh Magnets, Figures of all the Pooh characters, Tons of dolls of all the Pooh characters, A Pooh shower curtain (for the closet), Pooh dishware and flatware, Pooh Christmas lights (though not exactly for Christmas), Pooh towel, Pooh night light, Disney globe (w/Pooh characters on it), Pooh calendar, Pooh desk set w/stapler, paper clip holder, note card holder, and other stuff (coming soon), Pooh stationery (coming soon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: As Follows: Don't Pooh Pooh | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...vitality wherever it's to be found, now that the energies that moved modernism have long ago run aground. Perhaps for the first time in history, it's truly possible to ask an essential question: Can you take seriously an artist who illustrated 50 years of the Boy Scout calendar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Innocent Abroad | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

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