Word: year2000
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Franken concluded with some remarks on the year2000. "January 1, 2000, is not the new millennium,which is on January 1, 2001," he said. "ThisDecember 31, I plan to go around with Dick Cavettand George Will and just yell at people: 'Calmdown! It's not the millennium! Next year...
...particularly poignant moment occurs duringa scene in which Cyril and Shirley have taken atrip up to Highgate cemetry to visit the grave ofKarl Marx. Cyril starts lamenting the erosion ofindividual freedom, anticipating that "by the year2000 there'll be 36 television stations 24 hours aday, telling you what to think." At this veryinstant the couple are engulfed by a crowd ofstereotyped Japanese tourists, chattering andsnapping away furiously at Marx's statue withtheir telephoto lenses. The sequence provides acommentary on the futility of protest in a worldof mass production and mass-communication. TheBritish don't like change, but somehow we willeventually...
...three of all new workers in the year2000 will be women or minorities," Wyche said,illustrating why the preparation of minoritystudents is a main goal of the Alliance...
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