Word: mains
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...size] was a little overwhelming," says Ulrich, who is Phillips professor of history and director of the Charles Warren Center for American History. "The main difference for me is I feel more distant from the students. It was more like a performance...
There's little doubt that the Main Event has grabbed our collective attention--guides on how to save yourself from Y2K line the shelves of book-stores, Web sites analyze various predictions about the future of the world and those little millennium countdown clocks are ubiquitous. (And, need I remind you, this newspaper has chosen to devote an entire section to the topic...
Whether you're scared of the Y2K bug, psyched for a new beginning in a world where time starts at zero or afraid that the universe will end when the clock strikes midnight, next New Year's Eve is shaping up to be the Main Event. (A note to all you mathematicians--yes, the new millennium does technically begin in 2001, but the apocalyptic nature of all those zeroes has us focusing on 2000 as the de facto turning point...
Many of the media's millennial specials that do look on either side of the Main Event are useful; the New York Times Magazine's six special issues on the last 1,000 years, and "Millennium," a British television production, take advantage of the historical moment to examine broad trends facing society. On the other hand, London's Millennium Dome, created as a massive ode to the year 2000 complete with art displays, computer exhibits and a multi-million dollar price-tag, is a good example of the movie opening mentality--creating a huge structure in honor of one fleeting...
...anything is a foregone conclusion, the museum is because no one has proposed anything that would be better for the main site at this stage," says one source close to the committee...