End-of-Millennium Prophecy Notes...12/29/99

Earth-Changes Weekly *SPECIAL REPORT* -
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Herein are a number of recent articles about predictions past, present
and future. ECWeekly readers should find some, if not all, of interest.
Full article URL follow brief excerpt of each. Happy new year to all.

Peter P., editor
Earth-Changes Weekly

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10 MILLION EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN NEW YEAR'S EVE GLOBAL WAVE OF PRAYER

"Our thoughts have the power to create and impact the world around us.
Imagine the incredible energy that will be created when these millions
around the world, in places of worship, at home or at work, spend a minute
to focus their prayers together during the millennium countdown,"
organizer James Redfield said. (PR News)

Full story at:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/991222/ny_redfiel_1.html

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AS JAN. 1 DRAWS NEAR, DOOMSAYERS RECONSIDER

..now that the hour (of 'millennium bug' catastrophe) is upon us, the
prophets of doom are retreating... (Ass. Press)

Full story at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-12/27/067l-122799-idx.html

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SOME SENSED THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME - IN 1900!

"These prophecies will seem strange, almost impossible . . . " So began
John Elfreth Watkins Jr. in December 1900 as he looked ahead, sometimes
with startling prescience, to what life might be like 100 years hence...
(Wash. Post)

Full story at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-12/18/061l-121899-idx.html

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MOST PREDICTIONS FAIL THE TEST OF TIME

For virtually the last century, the year that will debut in just two weeks
has loomed large in the human imagination. Endless predictions have been
made about what life would be like by now... (Wash. Post)

Full story at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-12/18/174l-121899-idx.html

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NET PROVIDES SNEAK PEEK AT FUTURE

The imminent arrival of the year 2000 has prompted professionals and
amateurs alike to try to divine how life will change in the decades and
centuries to come -- and the Internet offers a glimpse into many of those
crystal balls... (Reuters)

Full story (with multiple links therein) at:

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991227/wr/column_netdestinations_3.html

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TRENDS FOR THE NEW CENTURY

A growing list of predicted trends and events, using the "scientific
prophecy" method, for the next century (2000-2099). As determined by
ECWeekly's editor, Peter Petrisko.

Full list/article at:

http://www.earthchangesmedia.com/predict/petriskotrends.htm

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A n d f i n a l l y . . .

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