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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those first-years and sophomores who have been anxiously waiting to find out who is the class of the new millennium, Stephen Jay Gould has written a book for you. Questioning the Millennium tackles some of the debate before veering into the history of apocalyptic movements and day-date calculating. Gould's discussion of the millennium question proper, by far the most interesting portion of this somewhat tedious book, is the shortest chapter...
...subject matter, he does a decent job of not sounding like a textbook. Focusing on material from both the Old and the New Testament, Gould charts the stories of various movements and how they dealt with their failures when the world stubbornly did not end on their prescribed date...
...epilogue picks up on the story line of an autistic "subject" mentioned in Chapter Two. This person turns out to be the author's son, as Gould reveals in the last sentence of the book. Gould's loving account of his son's day-date calculating abilities is touching and tender, but does seem somewhat misplaced in this book on the millennium that could do with a binding conclusion...
...Date-nut muffins...
...concern for people who worry about health insurance). Misconceptions are dispelled: a positive result does not mean you are currently afflicted. And the strenuous post-test requirements--a visit every three months the first year and every six months the following two years--are made clear. To date, 183 have been tested; almost twice that number have not kept appointments or have dropped out. "That's their way of telling us they don't really want the test," says Brandt. "We think of that as a success...