Word: millennium
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...popular sense: Jim Jones or the Branch Davidians, who in deep self-imposed isolation, honed a violent apocalyptic element that eventually led to murder or suicide. Those at last weekend's rally and throughout De Jesus' following, he says, do appear to believe we may be approaching the Millennium (or else why indulge in a Second Coming?), but they lack a fire-and-brimstone End Times scenario and their leader shows no appetite for isolation - or self-sacrifice, for that matter...
...With the 21st century only months away, millennium fever has struck Ethiopia with a vengeance. Across the capital, Addis Ababa, electronic signboards count down the days until the big event. Lavish events have been organized, ranging from a $2 million "musical extravaganza" to a soccer tournament that may include teams from Yemen, Spain and Germany. (The Ethiopian Tourism Ministry notes that teams from these countries have been invited to attend the millennium match-up, but their participation, sadly, has not yet been confirmed.) Best of all, as befits a country that has produced some of the world's best long...
...coiner of the term ‘Generation X.’ “Everything’s Gone Green” is Coupland’s first screenplay, and he again attempts to capture the voice of a generation trying to find its way in the new millennium. NO BRAFF HERE Director Paul Fox says he had not even seen “Garden State” before shooting. “‘Garden State’ I watched after because I heard that from several people,” he says about accusations of similarity...
...argument is interesting, but ultimately a little too neat. If you’re looking for an understanding of contemporary political conflicts, Richardson can give it to you in just one word: Reconstruction. In the years following the Civil War, the Northern Republicans, which in new-millennium speak means Democrats, believed the best way to reforge the nation was by “favoring” what Richardson calls special interest groups—you know, the workers, women, and newly freed slaves seeking a guarantee of equal rights. However, Richardson tells us, the growing middle class view was against...
That vision, which Clinton largely shared, summed up Democratic foreign policy at the turn of the millennium. In a globalized world, bad things that happen in other countries spread more quickly to our shores. Genocides spawn refugees, who destabilize their neighbors. Corruption sparks financial meltdowns, which rock the world economy. Pandemics hopscotch across the globe. Blair's answer was for Britain and the U.S., working through international institutions, to intervene more aggressively in the domestic affairs of other nations: to strengthen their financial and public-health systems, to push them toward capitalism and democracy, and in cases of extreme neglect...