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  • Nina Talks Millennium Nina Totenberg is National Public Radio's award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR's critically acclaimed newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition Saturday and Weekend Edition Sunday.

    What, in your opinion, was the defining moment or event of the century?
    Allied victory in WWII.

    What, in your opinion, was the defining moment or event of the millennium?
    The information and communication explosion.

    Where would you like to be when the ball drops?
    With my family and a glass of champagne.

    Thought or idea you would like to see brought into the new millennium:
    The usual -- let's really try not to kill each other, please.

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


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