1.   As the millennium nears, Warsaw is a city surprising itself with its own prosperity.

2.   As the millennium nears its close, however, we have become a culture of speed demons.

3.   A thousand years ago, as a new millennium neared, the Western world was seized by panic.

4.   But, oh, how TV is the Terminator as the millennium nears.

5.   Risks posed by cults are expected to multiply as the millennium nears its end.

6.   Some think the world will become a crazier place as the millennium nears.

7.   What makes change especially discombobulating as the millennium nears is that it seems to be washing over us faster than ever.

8.   In his audience, the pope also renewed his appeal for closer unity among Christians as the third millennium nears and called for more dialogue on doctrinal matters.