Word: deal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those interviewed agree that the lion'sshare of credit for the deal belongs to Sheerr,who originated the negotiations, who refused tolet the issue die away, who essentially wrote herown job out of existence...
...deal is announced...
Many think a deal is imminent. The Institute's financial structure, its mission statement and its faculty appointment policies are resolved. Outstanding issues include Radcliffe's role in undergraduate life, property, fundraising and governance...
Both governing boards have agreed to final deal...
...answer is that probably nothing will happen. Computer difficulties aside, New Year's Eve 2000 will be just another day. As Professor of Astronomy 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...