Word: therings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though sanctioned by the university, the 90-year-old bonfire tradition is almost entirely student run; it is much loved by both students and alumni. The university contends that it keeps vigilant watch over the project; a faculty adviser manages the site, and all the students undergo safety training. Cranes...
The filmmakers can get away with this because of our enduring millennial uneasiness. We still can't be sure what will happen to our computer-assisted jets, nuclear power plants and electricity-supply lines at the moment '99 rolls over into '00. A flurry of bug- fixing and Y2K-readiness...
What's got the Fed in such a tizzy? Partly, of course, it's the fear of being caught napping; if there's one thing the 20th century has taught us, it's not to display hubris in the face of an apparently diminishing threat. But mostly Washington is worried...
Because even if the U.S. does turn out to be more or less Y2K O.K., other parts of the world may be less fortunate. "There's going to be some massive issues in other countries," says Steve Brown, CIO of Micron, a major PC manufacturer in Idaho. "Mexico's got...
But even abroad, it's not Hollywood-friendly riots or atomic disasters that we should be fearing. It's economic trouble. Even if one of these countries suffers a Y2K-related banking shutdown, it could cause ripples in the global pool. And that's why Y2K command-center staff members...