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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (7113)	7/24/1999 3:59:00 PM
From: Ken	Respond to of 9818

< Looming Catastrophe in Africa, Says World Bank Y2K Experts> Anyone care to speculate on how this will PRACTICALLY impact us all? usia.gov. The World Bank will have to write off all African loans. Its solution? Loan them more money. The human toll will be catastrophic in African cities -- just like in ours. If most Americans were to read this, they would shrug and think, "Oh, well. That's what happens to Africans. It won't affect me." Wait until we can't get strategic minerals for our factories any more, assuming they are compliant, which they aren't. the United States Information Service (July 16).