Word: might
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...wonder what the old boss, Luce, would have thought of this ultimate sister act. We figure he might be proud, as we are, to see his children stepping out together...
Lastly, the election--which, when you think about it, also didn't happen. For about a minute people actually thought we might get McCain and Bill Bradley, but we wound up with the two guys we knew we'd get, deep down. And what did they do? First George W. Bush did the unexpected: he didn't make a fool of himself during the debates. Then Al Gore couldn't decide whether he was Attack Dog Al or Nice Guy Al. And finally, Dubya and Al tied. In a year when things didn't happen, one after another...
...named Shawn Fanning and a piece of computer code he called Napster. Or on the front lines of the agritech wars, where the opponents of so-called Frankenfoods stirred a tempest in a taco shell when genetically engineered feed corn not deemed safe for human consumption (because it might cause allergic reactions) turned up at Taco Bells and other outposts in the human food supply. It was big year in space too, as a team of Russian and American astronauts took occupancy of the new space station, and astronomers (armed with a new generation of smart telescopes and a fleet...
Lurking in every art form was technology that might change everything. Napster and similar inventions terrified the music industry with death by a thousand clicks. Video software allowed anyone to be an auteur. A novel titled Riding the Bullet, by a plucky little outsider named Stephen King, showed that the e-book could democratize publishing. Or at least win a bigger cut for filthy-rich authors. New millennium art may not know where it's going yet, but wherever that may be, it'll charge for the trip. --James Poniewozik...
...good news for George W. Bush is that the country is going Republican. The bad news is that come January, he just might have another counting fight on his hands...