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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...
...least $35 million has been allocated by the Ethiopian government for millennium festivities and various prestige-building projects such as a coffee museum to celebrate the world-conquering bean that originated in this ancient civilization. But in a country where half the population lives under the poverty line, some citizens are questioning whether spending an extravagant amount on a blowout party is the best use of government funds - particularly since the country is already funneling millions of dollars into a costly military campaign to prop up a shaky government against Islamist militias in neighboring Somalia...
...Nevertheless, the always hospitable Ethiopians are counting on foreigners to join their millennium party. My Ethiopian guide in the town of Bahir Dar, near the source of the Blue Nile, told me that several new hotels are being built in anticipation of a (local) year 2000 tourist influx. "I have heard that 50,000 people will come here for the millennium," he confided. But given that the best hotel currently in Bahir Dar (sister city: Cleveland, Ohio) is a state-run guesthouse whose moldy rooms and surly plumbing aspire to one-star status, it's doubtful that the new concrete...
...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...