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Other adventures into the 21st century were fortunate. Photographer Steve Liss traveled to the Chatham Islands, which were, until the Kingdom of Tonga and the nation of Kiribati tampered with the rules, the first inhabited place on earth to greet each new day, and thus would have been the first to reach the new millennium. But when he got to the tempestuous isles, he was told, "We get to see the sun rise maybe four times a year." Nervously, Liss waited and was rewarded, along with the islanders, with a brief but stunning dawn, the first sunrise...
Preparations have been extensive--staff members have been identifying and fixing systems as well as ensuring that all outside vendors are equally Y2K-compliant. Now Carmichael says UIS has finalized its contingency plans and is ready to greet the new year...
...every eye that looked his way. Even eleven of the Twelve had realized Judas was the squealer, the one who'd sold the secret news that Jesus of Nazareth was God's Messiah--the coming King of the glorified Jews--and was here to proclaim it and greet the dawning of the reign he'd lead. And when Jesus took up the loaf and began to break pieces into a bowl, Judas got to his feet, hunched low and left the room...
NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA St. John's Coast Onlookers on the rocky shore will be the first in North America to greet the new millennium --Free --50,000 to 100,000 expected...
...mothers who have wept when their babies left for college, and who weep each time their babies return. To fathers who greet us with a gruff handshake, little siblings who meet us with incessant questions and pets that welcome us with a wet, sloppy kiss. Thank...