The Meridian Archive
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December 1999
The First Class

The First Class

Closed mid-November 1999 · On stands late November 1999

The Front

The Falling Price of a Photograph

Nikon's D1 shipped this year at $4,999, a third the price of Kodak's equivalent digital camera

The Foreign File

Dili, After the Vote

A dispatch from the Australian-led international force securing East Timor's capital as the United Nations prepares to take over administration of a territory that voted for independence from Indonesia in August

The City

The First Class

Sisulu Children's Academy, New York's first charter school, opened in Harlem on September 8th

The Back

The Reservation Nobody Could Get

A short piece on the run on New Year's Eve dinner bookings for the turn of the millennium, in cities from New York to New Orleans, deposits nonrefundable, some restaurants already sold out into next spring

What to Wear to the End of the Century

A brief fashion note on the season's runway answer to a millennium party — metallics, structured coats, one label already sold out of a single silver dress