Word: millennium
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Prime Minister Tony Blair?were confronted by images of the world's poorest human beings, together with fragments of lyrics from a song. On the back cover, readers were directed to an elegant website?www.first8.org?on which can be found the United Nations' eight goals (drafted at the 2000 Millennium Summit) to end extreme poverty...
...sectional sofas ($389-$599) and entertaining essentials like tiny square wasabi plates ($2.95), in addition to trendy books, games and aromatherapy products. The site also keeps visitors abreast of compelling cultural and design happenings, such as the Air Guitar World Championships and the Frank Gehry pavilion in Chicago's Millennium Park...
Claim to fame: Millennium Retailing Inc., the holding company headed by Wada, last year united two of Japan's largest department stores (Sogo and Seibu) to form the country's second largest department-store group (after Takashimaya...
...deals. The MGM Mirage plans to build a handful of midsize casinos, Harrah's seeks to sprinkle 8 to 10 smaller facilities throughout the country, and the Sands wants to install spiffy entertainment complexes at a few British soccer stadiums. But Britain's most sought-after locale, London's Millennium Dome, went to Kerzner International, best known for the coral-pink Atlantis resort in the Bahamas and South Africa's Sun City. Two weeks ago, the company - which has plans for casinos in Manchester and Glasgow - announced that it had finalized an agreement to build a $350 million hotel...
...Paris, are exquisite historical monuments-and enthusiasts say the game is on the up. "Real tennis is in a much healthier state than it was 15-20 years ago," says professional player Peter Paterson of the Cambridge University Real Tennis Club. As proof, he points to the recently built Millennium Court at London's Middlesex University, complete with heated floors and five video cameras to record and analyze performance...