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Washington, however, is erring a little more on the side of caution. The government has built and unveiled last week a $50 million command center to monitor potential Y2K problems. The State Department has offered its diplomats in former Russian republics a ticket home for the duration. The Federal Reserve...
They're not the only ones. Russia, Ukraine, Egypt, India and Indonesia are, a CIA expert warns, "especially vulnerable due to their poor Y2K preparation." Nigeria recently reported that up to 80% of its computers--and, more important, 69 of its 80 banks--are not Y2K compliant.
So if the ball drops in Times Square and the lights are still on when it hits the bottom, you can breathe a little easier. Just don't exhale completely. Give it a couple more days; then, if all goes well, you can curl up on the sofa and laugh...
It was Sunday, and the platoon was stuck with a training session because Saturday had been swallowed up in 16 hours of KP duty.
Our Basic Training unit is the guinea pig for a new laser-based sighting technique that's supposed to speed up the calibration and learning process. Our one day with it proved only that the drill sergeants aren't any better at learning our tricks than we are - and probably...