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The New Millennium: Countdown to 2000
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  • Ralph Cooper
  • Kirk Duncan
  • Jeffrey Dvorkin & Murray Horwitz
  • Nick Gibson
  • David Julian Gray
  • Melissa Gray
  • Karen Michel
  • Conor O'Reilly
  • Christian Rougeau
  • Scott Simon
  • Mike Starling
  • John Stempin
  • Nina Totenberg
  • Mark Bejarano,
    Electronic Engineer

    Music Picks for the Millennium:
    Elvis Presley, Mahalia Jackson, Glenn Miller.

    Movie Picks:
    Citizen Kane, Saving Private Ryan, Casablanca.

    Book Picks:
    Einstein's Theory of Relativity.

    What, in your opinion, was the defining moment or event of the century?
    D-Day.

    What, in your opinion, was the defining moment or event of the millennium?
    Copernicus discovers the Earth is not the center of the universe.

    Where would you like to be when the ball drops?
    San Juan, Puerto Rico.

    Thought or idea you would like to see brought into the new millennium:
    Racial Harmony.

    Thought or idea you would like to see left behind:
    Disco.


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