Word: closely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There are signs, though, that the occasion may be collapsing, or at least sagging, under the weight of its own hyperbole. Many of New York City's trendiest eateries have decided to opt out entirely. Gramercy Tavern, Balthazar, Vong and Tabla, for instance, will all close for NYE-Y2K. And according to a poll conducted by National Family Opinion Research, a majority of Americans are planning to spend this New Year's Eve with their family at home...
...down on my bed, close my eyes and imagine Times Square, desolate save for Vladimir and Estragon, the stammering tramps of Waiting for Godot...waiting for the millennium that never comes. And the famous ball--by dint of Zeno's paradox--falls but never reaches its destination. It's an infinitely deferred climax, a perpetually peaking party, an existential rave...
...Nearly half of all stockholders are baby boomers, the oldest of whom are just 11 years from retirement age. We're getting perilously close to the day when boomers will slow or, gads, reverse their stock purchases. When that day comes, I believe the market will enter a long period of subpar returns...
People have long been concerned about the cancer-causing potential of microwaves, which at a distance are harmless, but when close to the head could be more worrisome. That's why the FCC regulates the amount that phones are allowed to emit, and why some exceeding those standards have been recalled...
...those insufferably righteous angels. Guess which one kids are going to pick. So why give the option to be evil? The designers use the free-will argument and note that choosing the fallen angel leads to murder and self-destruction. In the post-Columbine era, that may bear too close a resemblance to real-life nihilism. Still, Christian parents shouldn't fret. The War in Heaven moves slowly, and action is sparse. Kids may actually prefer Bible study...