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To: Lane3 who wrote (8893)	10/6/1999 5:53:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 9818

Ron, just as we can always count on some people to make the gloomiest possible interpretation of any news and others to cheerily brush it off, so can we depend on you to find something off-color. ;) MOI!!!????? Hmmmm.... don't tell my wife... :0)

To: Lane3 who wrote (8893)	10/10/1999 9:08:00 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Paraguay Is Playing Catch-Up on Y2K By Rajiv Chandrasekaran Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, October 10, 1999; Page A1 ASUNCION, Paraguay ? First the computers will crash, bringing down the electrical grid, the water system and the telephone network. Then, nearly 200,000 government workers will discover the state-run bank that prints their paychecks has been crippled by technological glitches. Finally, a day or two later, crowds will riot and loot, forcing the government to declare martial law... washingtonpost.com