Millennial reflections on an interdependent world.

The Christian Century | December 22, 1999| | Copyright

SOME MONTHS AGO the New Yorker carried a "Millennium Travel Advisory"--a special advertising section concerning a "Global Party." "Talk about the mega super-event of our times," it said. "Where will you be on the ultimate New Year's Eve, when the big door swings open on a new era?" The ad touted destinations from Nantucket to Nepal, and it suggested that Bill Gates will be hosting a New Year's Eve bash on Fiji near the international date line.

All the hoopla surrounding January 1, 2000, is rather arbitrary, of course, especially given the vagaries of ...

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