Word: millennium
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Humans may have arrived in North America almost a millennium earlier than previously believed. A hacked up mastodon tusk, 12,200 years old, showed evidence that humans had cut on its tusk -- in what is now Florida. That geographic location also plays havoc with the notion that humans first arrived in the western part of the continent; instead, they may have begun their spread from Florida and other places east...
Self-promotion may not be the only force at work Some young leaders accuse neoconservative, pop historian Strauss of using Third Millennium to publicize his polemical twentysomething book 13thgen. The group's kick-off press conference was originally planned for early March to coincide with the opening for 13thgen but drafting the Third Millennium declaration took longer than expected. "I see Third Millennium as a big publicity stunt for his book." says McLeod...
...just that the founders of Third Millennium know how to use the media for their ends. They are the media. a tight-knit, well-connected bunch, they hail from publications like The Wall Street Journal and the now-defunct Spy magazine. Seven of the first 20 members were Lukefahr's fellow editors at the twentysomething journal Diversity and Division.And co-founder Douglas Kennedy, a former MTV reporter, has been a lightning rod for attention because...
Whether Third Millennium can enjoy the same popularity among the general popularity among the general population as it has in the national media remains to be seen. The group is attracting members, but seems to be duplicating homogeneity rather than tapping into the generation's multifaceted diversity...
...youngest members, J.D. LaRock '95-'93, 19, read about the organization in New York News day. He called and joined up. LaRock, a former speechwriter and neoconservative wunderkind, who graduated from Harvard in two years, is from New York and says he fits right into the Third Millennium circle. "I hope we won't be a one-shot deal, have a sight," he said. If that happens, then this group of publicists and journalists will have to go back to being, well, publicists and journalists...