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- From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Was: Re: 29 Feb 2000?, Now: 2000/2001
- Message-ID: <aZsHuB12w165w@mantis.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 15:31:33 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.101210.11982@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
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- gdb15@grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry) writes:
- > In article <28248@castle.ed.ac.uk> rwb@castle.ed.ac.uk (Richard Bingham) writ
- > >In <721949208snz@muir.demon.co.uk> malcolm@muir.demon.co.uk ("Malcolm S. Mui
- > >
- > >I agree with you Malcolm, but you can bet the press & TV will have us
- > >all celebrating the end of the century on 31st December 1999...
- >
- > It'll be horrendous. In addition to all the usual "look back over the
- > year" programmes, there'll be "look back over the decade" and "look
- > back over the century" programmes.
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- We've already had that ghastly "History of the 20th century" book they were
- hawking in every WH Smith. Started a year too early and obviously finished
- too early as well.
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- mathew
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