Word: midnight
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PARIS, FRANCE The Champs Elysees At midnight, 24 giant Ferris wheels, one like a snowball, will turn --Free --1 million expected...
...PACIFIC OCEAN Double Take at The Date Line Cruise ships will cross the international date line at midnight--and double back to celebrate the millennium twice --$30,000 to $115,000 --More than 500 passengers...
...feeling of letdown everyone will experience starting Jan. 1, along with a pounding headache, nausea, sensitivity to any sound louder than a mouse cough and wishing that the world had in fact come to an end just after midnight...
...trouble starts at midnight in the Marshall Islands, where a Navy fighter pilot loses control of his computer-assisted jet and plunges to his death. In Scandinavia a nuclear power plant suffers a sudden, deadly meltdown. And at midnight in Times Square in New York City celebration turns to riot when the lights flicker...
...riots or atomic disasters that we should be fearing. It's economic trouble. Even if one of these countries suffers a Y2K-related banking shutdown, it could cause ripples in the global pool. And that's why Y2K command-center staff members won't be popping Champagne corks if midnight comes and goes without incident. There will be at least another week of active duty on the financial watch ahead of them. The date many Y2K watchers are waiting for is not Saturday, Jan. 1, but Monday, Jan. 3, when the world's trading floors and banks reopen for business...