11.   There were discussions of copyright, community and the need to push harder to wire more people in more countries as the millennium approaches.

12.   This is good news, because the millennium approaches, and Pierson is determined to ring it in.

13.   WASHINGTON As the new millennium approaches, the long-awaited advent of high-speed access to the Internet promises to change the way millions of Americans go online.

14.   Yes, golf, that pastime of ill-dressed fogies and Pecksniffian elitists, is turning a hip and trendy corner as the millennium approaches.

15.   At the same time, he has declared Christian unity one of the major goals of his papacy as the third Christian millennium approaches.

16.   But the pontiff and Archbishop George Carey both committed themselves to working toward joining their churches as the new millennium approaches.

17.   Even as the next millennium approaches, there are still some societies where girls are subjected to abuse of traditional practices like circumcision which leave them maimed and traumatised.

18.   Ford Motor Co. hopes to reach a billion viewers Monday evening in a rare global advertising gamble aimed at raising its corporate profile as the millennium approaches.

19.   In Rome, the pope urged everyone from warriors to world leaders to put old disputes to rest as the millennium approaches.

20.   John Paul has pushed to improve relations between the branches of Christianity as the new millennium approaches.