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THIS WEEK'S COVER
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SPECIAL REPORT:
Y2K
The Clock Is Ticking... |
| October 11, 1999 |
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Y2K: Is America Ready for the Millennium Bug?
With fewer than 90 days until midnight on January 1, 2000, TIME examines whether governments, corporations and utilities around the world are truly prepared for the Year 2000 computer crisis. Critics say the warnings are overblown. Engineers say they are not.
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TOP STORIES THIS WEEK
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Kosovo: The War NATO Didn't Want
As NATO bombing of Yugoslavia enters its third week, TIME correspondents on the ground in Belgrade and Brussels report on the human cost of the air campaign, the divisions within the Alliance, and the uncertain road to peace.
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Columbine: Six Months On — Has America Changed?
The massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado on April 20, 1999 shocked the world. TIME's special report examines gun control, school safety, teen culture, and whether the national conversation has produced meaningful action.
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After Impeachment: Bill Clinton's Second Term in Tatters?
The Senate acquitted President Clinton in February 1999 after his impeachment by the House, but the political fallout continues. TIME examines whether the Clinton presidency can survive its final year with a meaningful legislative agenda.
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The Euro at Nine Months: Growing Pains of Europe's Bold Experiment
Launched on January 1, 1999, the single European currency has fallen 15% against the dollar. TIME asks: is this a temporary blip or a fundamental flaw in Europe's grand economic unification project?
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TIME Digital: Silicon Valley's Y2K Gamble
Technology companies have spent billions remediating their systems. But many smaller businesses and government agencies in developing nations have barely started. Our technology correspondents assess the real risk.
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PERSON OF THE YEAR 1998
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Bill Clinton & Kenneth Starr
TIME's editors chose both the President and the Independent Counsel whose investigation consumed America's political life throughout 1998. Their struggle — one man's fight to save his presidency, the other's determination to bring him to account — defined the year. No two people so dominated the news, shaped the national conversation, or polarised the nation as much as William Jefferson Clinton and Kenneth Winston Starr.
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