Word: millennium
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly by James Hampton, at the Museum of Fine Arts through February...
Have we become so blase that we can shove one of the most sensational events in our millennium into a tiny corner of TIME'S cover...
...founded." They did not expect it to be perfect. Says he: "Democracy is frequently diverted. It's slow, and it takes a lot of wasted effort. I do believe in progress, as the framers did. A lot of people think that because they can't have the millennium tomorrow, democracy isn't worth the effort. But that's not what human life has ever been about. Roger Sherman and the other patriots would not have been so obsessed with what was wrong or so blind to the accomplishments, as many people...
Moreover, because of popular fascination with the remote, far too many futurists are busy examining the millennium, as if upon Jan. 1, 2000, a new apocalypse or renaissance would magically appear. The calendar is not so cooperative; by definition, the most astonishing changes always go unheralded. Of course, some predictions can be made. Given current trends -and even these are contingent-there will be increasing numbers of Third World citizens and a proportionately decreasing number of Westerners. There will be smaller concentrations of young Americans, and larger colonies of old ones. Working hours will drop; the political power of women...
...responsible seers know the answers. The future of futurism does not reside in the millennium...