The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from December 1999

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from December 1999

2000: READY OR NOT.
December 31, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Unruly revelers will have to party in jail, Baca says Albuquerque, Bernalillo County and public-utility officials have made their lists and are checking them twice. And they say...

Phone problems on New Year's could be 'Mothers's Day effect'.
December 31, 1999... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 If phone lines are jammed tonight, it's probably the "Mother's Day effect" and not Y2K bugs. That's why the phone company hopes you'll save those New Year's greeting calls for...

Stores report precautionary buying, not hoarding.
December 31, 1999... Byline: Leanne Potts lpotts@abqtrib.com / 823-3676 Quite a few people stocked up at the last minute for Y2K by buying bottled water at area supermarkets. A steady stream of people were buying flats of Ramen noodles and Spam at Wal-Mart...

Stabbing suspect joined Student Senate 'to keep out of trouble'.
December 31, 1999... Byline: Jason Gibbs, Andy Lenderman and Leslie Hoffman jgibbs@abqtrib.com / 823-3625 alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 lhoffman@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 La Cueva High School senior Michael O'Leary had a good reason for running for a...

Libertarians may have gotten unwitting voters.(Local News)
December 31, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Some registered voters might have unintentionally become Libertarians, which could prevent them from casting ballots in New Mexico's June 3 primary elections. The primary is limited to...

Little Y2K bugs.(Local News)
December 31, 1999... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Stacia Spragg/Tribune Lydia Newton (left) and Mary Bartlett, decked out with festive Y2K hats, join other children parading around the Explora Science Center on Thursday. The...

Former Bernalillo County DA helps nab would-be escapee.(Local News)
December 31, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS LUNAS A former district attorney helped corner and tackle a prisoner who made a bolt for freedom at the Valencia County Courthouse. Matthew Chavez, awaiting arraignment on charges of armed robbery and...

State Supreme Court expands protection in drug forfeiture cases.(Local News)
December 31, 1999... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE The state Supreme Court has broadened legal protections for people arrested for drug trafficking by making it more difficult for the state and local governments to seize cars, cash and...

Albuquerque banks report normal business and no run on cash.
December 31, 1999... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 Dominic Romero was feeling a little like the Maytag repairman Thursday afternoon. Sitting at the helm of First Security Bank's local ATM command center, he said, "It's been a...

'By the year 2000' . . . how those predictions turned out.
December 31, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 ONE DAY to 2000 Looking for relief from predictions of what might happen (or not) at midnight tonight because of the much-publicized Y2K bug? Other predictions for the year...

Heart of a warrior.(Sports)
December 31, 1999... Perhaps even more than Tiger Woods, Notah Begay III has proven to the world how the All-American dream, powered by heart and soul, can come true The impact of a golf club into a golf ball rarely has created so many ripples with such...

Walker, Parmer step up in Lobo loss.(Sports)
December 31, 1999... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 St. Joseph's coach Phil Martelli's plan was simple: Hold Lamont Long and Kevin Henry in check and see what the Lobos had left. Thanks to virtuoso offensive performances from Damion...

Scorps, El Paso may ring a few bells as they ring in a new year.(Sports)
December 31, 1999... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Old acquaintances won't be forgotten by the New Mexico Scorpions this New Year's Eve. The Scorpions will ring in a new century with a hockey game against an old and bitter rival,...

Robinson II leaning to Nebraska.(Sports)
December 31, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Eight days since his decision to leave the University of New Mexico, John Robinson II is leaning toward transferring to Nebraska, the player's father said. But John Robinson Sr. said his son...

NMSU's OT magic puts spell on Huskies.(Sports)
December 31, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New Mexico State kept its winning streak intact, thanks to Billy Keys. Keys scored six of his game-high 27 points in overtime as New Mexico State came back to beat Washington 79-75 on Thursday night in...

Intel Corp. sells flash-memory technology.(Business)
December 31, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Centennial Technologies Inc., continuing its recovery from a 1997 financial scandal, is buying Intel Corp.'s flash-memory-card business. Centennial will give Intel a 16 percent...

Greyhound headed to Snow Bowl.(Sports)
December 31, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE PORTALES Eastern New Mexico middle linebacker Michael Walton has been named to play for the West squad in the 2000 Snow Bowl. The game is set for Jan. 15 in the Fargodome in Fargo, N.D. The...

National Trust Historic Hotels meets at La Fonda.(Business)
December 31, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL National Trust Historic Hotels of America, a group dedicated to the preservation of architecturally significant hotels, will have its 2000 annual meeting at La Fonda in Santa Fe. ...

House-arrest program to cover 50 in N.M.(Business)
December 31, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Cornell Companies Inc. of Houston has been selected by Santa Fe County to provide a house-arrest program for about 50 nonviolent, employed offenders. The offenders, who will wear...

Sandia develops device to sniff out bombs, drugs.(Business)
December 31, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a hand-held device that can detect odors from drugs and bombs. The new portable device is a miniaturized version of an...

The 50 finest.
December 30, 1999... Do you know this man? He is Albuquerque's athlete of the century. He was a multisport star at Highland High School who went on to star at the University of Oklahoma and the National Football League. He was a man so tough, so skilled,...

Lee's lawyers prepare appeal of ruling that keeps him jailed.
December 30, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 Wen Ho Lee's attorneys today begin preparing a last-resort appeal to the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver after a federal judge upheld Lee's no-bail detention order...

Y2K precautions hit overdrive.
December 30, 1999... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 E-mail blackout over weekend hopes to prevent spread of viruses Like trained medical personnel combating a spreading infection, computer anti-virus teams across the country and...

Albuquerque hospitals certain it'll be OK when clock strikes 12.
December 30, 1999... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 One place you don't want to be at 12:01 a.m. Saturday is hooked up to an IV and trying to call a nurse at a hospital with a Y2K problem. Albuquerque's biggest hospitals say they've...

County detention center adds beds, not staff.
December 30, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CARLSBAD Eddy County doesn't know where it's going to get the $603,000 it needs to hire 18 more guards and a corporal to staff a new jail wing set to open July 1. In submitting the estimated cost of...

Teen's death was result of school rivalry, students say.
December 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports The vice president of the La Cueva student body won't face a hearing until next week in connection with the stabbing death of a 16-year-old Tuesday in a street fight that classmates say was sparked over a...

Live chat session offered with Miss Indian World.(Local News)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Wire and staff reports IN BRIEF The first live, online chat with Miss Indian World is to be from 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday. To participate in the online event, log on to the Gathering of Nations Web site at...

Joe Nestor Chavez to run for Maloof's Senate seat.(Local News)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Tim Archuleta tarchuleta@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 State Sen. Phil Maloof still hasn't decided if he will seek re-election, but if he does, he'll face a challenger in the Democratic primary. Rep. Joe Nestor Chavez, a West Side...

Wen Ho Lee faces stark reality of spending 2000 in jail cell.(Local News)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 Wen Ho Lee will start each and every day at 6 a.m. in a stark cell. And he will end his day much like it began at 10 p.m. in the same, small cell. A federal judge on...

Warrant canceled after City Councilor Payne pays traffic fine.(Local News)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 A bench warrant issued against Albuquerque City Councilor Greg Payne was canceled after he paid a $243 fine stemming from a traffic citation. The warrant was issued Monday after Payne...

Computers shut down at Human Services.
December 30, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos ggallegos@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 The state Human Services Department has temporarily stopped processing new requests for welfare benefits until after the New Year's Day weekend when officials can be sure the Y2K...

Praying, drumming and bell ringing to usher in the new year.
December 30, 1999... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Harry Bogosian worries that there is so much hoopla, hysteria and frivolity attached to the Y2K countdown that God himself gets lost in the muddle. "We tend to leave him out of the...

Blue-collar matchup.(Sports)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Richard Stevens Lobos' Fraschilla gets his wish: a tournament finale pitting his lunch-pail guys against the scrappy Hawks from St. Joseph's This Fran Fraschilla thought-come-true just might fall into that category, "Be...

Patchwork line keeps Scorps on win streak.(Sports)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The line may change but the results have been the same. Despite a month in which the New Mexico Scorpions began without one of their top three scorers, then got him back only to...

Rio Grande students win stock market game.(Business)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Albuquerque students took top honors in the Fall 1999 Stock Market Game Worldwide. The competition is sponsored by the New Mexico State University College of Business and the New...

Y2K no worry for local Internet providers.(Business)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Don't expect your Internet service to be interrupted because of that Y2K thing, say the owners of local Internet service providers. The ISPs have contingency plans for New Year's...

Pfeiffer owned Raton Range for 30 years.(Obituary)
December 30, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RATON Frank Pfeiffer, who owned the Raton Range newspaper for some 30 years, died Christmas Day. He was 91. Memorial services were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Errington Memorial Chapel in Raton. ...

Beebe moved to Albuquerque 8 years ago.(Obituary)
December 30, 1999... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF Elicia White Beebe, an Albuquerque resident since 1991, died Dec. 24. She was 89. Beebe was born in 1910 in Dallas, but grew up in Indiana and Pennsylvania. She graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville,...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
December 30, 1999... Committee crafts a worthy compromise In just 2 1/2 weeks, the Legislature's Committee on Compacts has produced an admirable proposal for resolving disputes over tribal gaming a proposal more worthy than Gov. Gary Johnson's lawyers...

Warrant canceled after Payne pays traffic fine.
December 30, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 A bench warrant issued against Albuquerque City Councilor Greg Payne was canceled after he paid a $243 fine stemming from a traffic citation. The warrant was issued Monday after Payne...

$1 million judgment levied against belt maker.(Local News)
December 30, 1999... IN BRIEF A man whose leg was severely damaged in a conveyor belt accident has won a $1 million judgment against the belt's manufacturer, Astec Industries of Chattanooga, Tenn. A lawyer for Astec said the company will appeal. Tom...

Suspect in teen's death is school athlete, student body vice president.(Local News)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Jason Gibbs jgibbs@abqtrib.com / 823-3625 Seventeen-year-old Michael O'Leary remains in the Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center where jail officials say he is expected to be arraigned today. O'Leary, a football...

The 50 finest.(Sports)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Cathy Carr No. 4 A competitive flame that lights the way to world records and Olympic gold never burns out. The trick, says 1972 Olympic swimming champion Cathy Carr, is to...

The 50 finest.(Sports)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Al Unser Sr. No. 5 You can take the man out of racing, but you can't take racing out of the man. Al Unser, No. 5 on The Tribune's 50-finest athletes list and one of three...

The century's top coaches.(Sports)
December 30, 1999... The 50 finest 1. Don Flanagan: In 16 years as girls basketball coach at Eldorado High School (1979-94), won 97 percent of his games, going 401-13; won 14 state and 15 district championships; had winning streaks of 77, 74, 69, 60 and 60...

The 50 finest.(Sports)
December 30, 1999... The century's top teams 1. 1977-78 Lobo men'sbasketball: Led nation in scoring, averaging 97.5 points per game; won UNM's fourth WAC title, posting a 13-1 conference record; finished season 24-4 and ranked fourth in country by United...

The 50 finest.(Sports)
December 30, 1999... The complete list 1. Tommy McDonald, football 2. Mel Daniels, basketball 3. Don Perkins, football 4. Cathy Carr, swimming 5. Al Unser, auto racing 6. Owen Smaulding, football, basketball, track, baseball ...

The best athletes remind us to work hard, play fair and love what you do.(Sports)
December 30, 1999... Letter from the sports editor Sometimes it was a chance to relive. Other times, to learn. Readers who enjoyed The Trib's 50 finest series on Albuquerque's top athletes of the century can rest assured our sports staff enjoyed giving...

The 50 finest.(Sports)
December 30, 1999... Byline: John O'Rourke Begay, Urlacher usher in a changing 21st century By the time 2100 rolls around, the way in which we watch and play sports will be dramatically altered,and some will disappear. I've already pulled out a piece...

The 50 finest.(Sports)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 Tommy McDonald No. 1 Sitting on a couch in his living room, watching a game between the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it's hard for Tommy McDonald to sit still...

The 50 finest.(Sports)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 Mel Daniels No. 2 Defense and fundamental basketball are slowly dying, and Mel Daniels knows whom and what to blame: * Michael Jordan. * The shot clock. *...

The 50 finest.(Sports)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson thompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Don Perkins No. 3 Football never has been who Don Perkins is, it's just something he did and did extremely well. To the average Albuquerquean, Perkins is a University...

University plans degree in human services.(Business)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL The University of Phoenix will launch a Bachelor of Science in Human Services degree program at its main Albuquerque campus. Tammy Fernandez, director of enrollment for the...

State unemployment rate sits at 6 percent.(Business)
December 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL New Mexico's unemployment rate was unchanged in November at 6 percent. The state Labor Department said it was the fifth straight month the unemployment rate remained below the rate...

Deer hunters plug decoy, get illegal hunting charge.(Local News)
December 30, 1999... IN BRIEF LAS VEGAS, N.M. Three Las Vegas men convicted of hunting with the aid of illegal lights were fined, but the magistrate suspended the fines. Gary M. Gabaldon, 25; Robert Sanchez, 22; and Marcos R. Ruiz, 20, were charged with...

Agent: Nukes designer asked Lee for codes.
December 29, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 A FBI agent testified this morning that investigators recovered three letters addressed to Wen Ho Lee from a nuclear weapons designer in China, asking Lee to send weapons codes to a...

N.M., fed authorities get serious on security.
December 29, 1999... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press 3 days to 2000 SANTA FE A bit of advice for anyone picking up or dropping off travelers at Albuquerque's airport during the New Year's weekend: Don't leave your car or truck unattended...

Gaming compact changes a hard sell.
December 29, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos ggallegos@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 SANTA FE Legislators are moving closer to compromising with Indian gaming tribes by providing compact incentives to solidify their casino businesses for years to come. There...

Arrest warrant issued for Councilor Payne.
December 29, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 An arrest warrant has been issued for Albuquerque City Councilor Greg Payne for failing to appear in court after driving without proof of auto insurance, a Metro Court clerk said today. ...

Flu outbreaks swamp hospital emergency rooms.
December 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports

17-year-old arrested in teen's stabbing death.
December 29, 1999... Byline: Jason Gibbs jgibbs@abqtrib.com / 823-3625 A 16-year-old boy is dead of stab wounds today after a Northeast Heights party got out of control Tuesday night. Demetrius Sims was stabbed to death while attending a party on Tracy...

Lawsuit accuses city of civil rights violations.(Local News)
December 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Opponents of a shopping center to be built near the intersection of Coors Boulevard and I-40 have sued the city, alleging their civil rights have been violated. In the 23-page lawsuit,...

Troubled teen gets third chance to shape up.(Local News)
December 29, 1999... Byline: Susie Gran sgran@abqtrib.com / 823-3682 Bradley House is a boy who likes guns. He's also one who breaks the rules. He's a boy with parents who stand by him and a boy with neighbors who fear him. The 17-year-old who...

Pitching in.(Local News)
December 29, 1999... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Stacia Spragg/Tribune Joseph Montoya, 5, gets involved in Boxing Days, clutching a cardboard box as he makes his way to the recycling bin at Eddleman Industries in Albuquerque....

Mayor's hiring freeze affects more than just humans.(Local News)
December 29, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Will anyone be hired before next June to feed the mammals and reptiles at the Rio Grande Zoo? It's just one of the many quandaries City Hall officials are facing in the aftermath of a...

State Y2K czar says everything will be working as usual.
December 29, 1999... Byline: Barry Massey THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE Once the Year 2000 arrives and state offices open on Jan. 3, expect business as usual. State government won't be hung over from Y2K problems. That's the prediction of Jim Hall, who's...

Lights-out and business as usualfor N.M. inmates,officials say.
December 29, 1999... Byline: Mary Perea The Associated Press It'll be business as usual at New Mexico's prisons as the world rings in the new century. "At midnight the inmates are going to be sleeping," corrections department spokesman Gerges Scott said...

Who's the best?(Sports)
December 29, 1999... The Trib's 50 Finest series concludes Thursday with Nos. 1-5. Who will it be? No. 1 ? No. 2 ? No. 3 ? No. 4 ? No. 5 ? No. 6 Owen Smaulding all-around No. 7 Bobby Foster boxing No. 8...

Nothing is certain for erratic Lobo men.(Sports)
December 29, 1999... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Most years, this is the time when the University of New Mexico men's basketball team pushes back from the pre-conference table, picks its teeth and looks forward to a nice, little...

Hot Scorps return home tonight.(Sports)
December 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE The New Mexico Scorpions will be trying for their fourth straight win when they return home tonight to meet the Amarillo Rattlers at Tingley Coliseum. Game time is 7:11 p.m. The...

What is freshman's reward for big game? Running wind sprints.(Sports)
December 29, 1999... Byline: Richard Stevens See Jasmine Ewing run. See Jasmine Ewing run so her teammates don't have to run. And, for the record, let it be known that long before this Lobo freshman found out she didn't have a choice, she volunteered...

MFA offers $31 million more for home loans.(Business)
December 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL The New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority has announced the availability of $31 million for loans to first-time home buyers. The MFA's Mortgage$aver loan offers a 30-year fixed rate...

Civic-minded Campbell came to N.M. to work on Manhattan Project.(Obituary)
December 29, 1999... Byline: Jason Gibbs jgibbs@abqtrib.com / 823-3625 The Manhattan Project brought Charles Campbell to New Mexico. A career in the atomic energy program, years of volunteer work and the state's natural beauty kept the Nebraska native...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
December 29, 1999... Dendahl gets a taste of his own medicine What goes around has come around to bite New Mexico GOP Chairman John Dendahl. Dendahl now believes fellow Republicans are working to remove him from office. The cause: He openly agrees with...

Attorneys push case for Lee's release.
December 29, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 Wen Ho Lee's attorneys were expected to launch their own offensive salvo today in their bid to allow the former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist to await his trial at home...

Teen-ager stabbed to death in N.E. Heights brawl.
December 29, 1999... Byline: Jason Gibbs jgibbs@abqtrib.com / 823-3625 A 16-year-old Albuquerque boy died Tuesday night after being stabbed in the Northeast Heights. The body of Demetrius Sims was found by Albuquerque police after they were called to...

Six of 22 outlets cited for selling liquor to a minor.(Local News)
December 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SILVER CITY Six Luna and Grant County businesses allegedly sold liquor to a minor during a recent sting operation even though the teen-ager carried a New Mexico driver's license with a 1980...

Man sentenced in child sex abuse conviction.(Local News)
December 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Child sex abuser Michael Dean Whitehawk, 43, was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison and three years probation by U.S. District Judge Bruce D. Black in Albuquerque on Tuesday. ...

Man in hospital after spree of violence in Las Cruces.(Local News)
December 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF LAS CRUCES A 50-year-old Las Cruces man who was shot by police after he tried to set several people on fire is recovering from surgery in an El Paso hospital. Jesus Medina apparently tried...

AT A GLANCE.(Sports)
December 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Wake up with Tapia: Boxer Johnny Tapia is scheduled to appear on ABC's "Good Morning America" Thursday to discuss his Jan. 8 bout in The Pit against WB0 bantamweight champion Jorge Eliecer Julio...

Elkhorn Lodge in Chama sold at auction.(Business)
December 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL The Elkhorn Lodge & Cafe on the Rio Chama sold at auction for $1.1 million to an Albuquerque couple. Jim and Jill Lane bought the property located in the Chama Valley along U.S....

Compact changes still face hurdles.
December 28, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos and Tim Archuleta ggallegos@abqtrib.com / 823-3671 tarchuleta@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 A legislative panel recommends central monitoring of slot machines and 15-year terms,with 7-year extensions,for state-tribal...

Prosecutors' witness shores up defense's claim of lack of evidence.
December 28, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 After portraying Wen Ho Lee as a clever and manipulative threat to national security, one of Lee's former supervisors in the top-secret X Division of Los Alamos National Laboratory...

Focus of our future is clear as the water N.M. will soon lack.
December 28, 1999... Byline: Chris Roberts THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANALYSIS All life needs water to survive, but there isn't enough to go around in the high desert of New Mexico. In the coming millennium, barring technological or climatological...