Word: millennium
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first they were subtle, like the thin shells of bald-eagle eggs that cracked because they were laced with DDT. Then the signs were unmistakable, like the pall of smoke over the Amazon rain forest, where farmers and ranchers set fires to clear land. Finally, as the new millennium drew near, it was obvious that Earth's pain had become humanity's pain. The collapse of the North Atlantic cod fishery put 30,000 Canadians out of work and ruined the economies of 700 communities. Two years ago, deforestation worsened China's floods, which killed 3,600 people and left...
...Jews and Muslims together in a bond of peace. Unfortunately, it may take a few hundred years to improve these dysfunctional relationships. Because of all his efforts (including his support for the people who helped dismantle East European communism), Pope John Paul II should be named Diplomat of the Millennium! ROB BISHOP San Antonio, Texas...
...interview, Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine said that Sen's pioneering work reflects the values the University wants to exhibit at its first commencement of the new millennium...
...most recent book, The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium, was published last October by Harcourt Brace...
...aspiring filmmakers ready for the challenge? I'm so pumped, I want to give Romesh Ratnesar and Joel Stein high fives and a hug! Their cover story, "Do-It-Yourself.Com," was a godsend as far as providing timely inspiration for a screenwriter and aspiring filmmaker like me. In the new millennium, the necessity of the old "play the Hollywood game" studio system will diminish, and those with initiative, focus and talent will come to the forefront of the industry by being provocative and making things happen themselves. ALAN ROGER CURRIE Beverly Hills, Calif...