PUBLISHER'S NOTE.

• Position: Brief Article

As the end of the millennium rapidly nears, we presented six of our regular columnists with the daunting challenge of picking the 20th century's 10 most significant developments, events, and/or people in their fields of expertise: national affairs, international affairs, economics, mass media, films, and sports.

Throughout the pages of this issue, you will find the result of their compiling lists, discarding entries, adding others, and ultimately boiling them down to what we have dubbed "The Top 10 for the 20th Century." (Or, in the case of one deviously ingenious columnist, top 20, as he split his choices...