Contents
PREFACE Our Precisely Arbitrary Millenium...........................13
1 WHAT?...........................................................25
Redefining the Millenium:
From Sacred Showdowns to Current
Countdowns......................................................27
2 WHEN?...........................................................99
Dousing Diminutive Dennis's Debate
(DDDD = 2000)..................................................101
3 WHY?...........................................................129
Part One: Bloody-Minded Nature.................................131
Part Two: Five Weeks...........................................163
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS...............................................181
INDEX..............................................................183
CHAPTER ONE
REDEFINING THE MILLENNIUM:
FROM SACRED SHOWDOWNS TO
CURRENT COUNTDOWNS
OUR NEED FOR MEANING
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