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Many cities are vying for recognition as the first to greet the millennium, but Vancouver humbly bills itself as one of the last major centers to salute the new era. Being last has its advantages. "That makes Vancouver a great place to have the longest celebration possible," boasts Tom Esakin, president of Millennium Vancouver 2000. To keep the party going for everyone, MV2000 is focusing on community building with the motto A BETTER CITY, FOR A BETTER WORLD, IN A BETTER FUTURE...
...flung islands of the Fijian archipelago on the same page of their day planners. Now Fijians are calling that good turn a bad one. Repudiating the date line as an artificial construct, they claim their country, which straddles the 180th line of longitude, will be the first to greet the year...
...Lucas' opponent is salivating over the prospect of holding Clinton against him. Williams has already taunted Lucas over his failure to greet Clinton, saying he needed "to get off the fence...
First came the launch into fame and myth: the New York Times devoted its entire front page to Lindbergh and his flight. When Lindbergh visited England on the way home, King George V greeted him and said, "Now tell me, Captain Lindbergh. There is one thing I long to know. How did you pee?" New York's Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes welcomed him home: "I greet you as the first and finest American boy." TIME beatified Lindbergh as its first Man of the Year...
...Welles Henderson '00 prepared to greet a floater this fall when his former roomate decided last spring to spend the semester studying in Paris. But he expected to spend the second half of the year living with his former roomate...