From
      the
      magazine
      rack...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What's
      hot
      for
      '99
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Peering
      into
      the
      future,
      Maclean’s
      tracks
      the
     
     
      trends
      that
      will
      mark
     
     
      the
      closing
      months
      of
      the
      millennium
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Divining
      the
      future
      is
      tricky
      at
      the
      best
      of
      times,
      especially
     
     
      in
      an
      age
      of
      fickle
      consumers,
      ever-smarter
      computers
      and
     
     
      ever-shorter
      attention
      spans.
      By
      the
      time
      many
      of
      us
      discover
     
     
      the
      latest
      new
      face,
      fad
      or
      pop
      culture
      craze,
      he,
      she
      or
      it
      is
      often
     
     
      hopelessly
      passé.
      Matthew
      McConaughey,
      last
      year’s
      Holly-
     
     
      wood
      hunk-du-jour?
      Tickle
      Me
      Elmo?
      Ellen
      DeGeneres?
      Thai
     
     
      food?
      Online
      chat?
      Big,
      overstuffed
      furniture?
      Yellow
      walls?
     
     
      “Qh,
      please,”
      to
      quote
      the
      Valley
      Girl
      protagonist
      of
      the
     
     
      movieBuffy
      the
      Vampire
      Slayer.
      “That’s
      so
      five
      minutes
      ago.”
     
    

    
     
      But
      not
      all
      trends
      are
      difficult
      to
      foresee.
      Consider
      these
     
     
      relatively
      safe
      predictions
      for
      1999:
     
    

    
     
      Around
      the
      world,
      huge
      corporations
      will
      mate
      with
      wild
     
     
      abandon,
      delighting
      shareholders
      and
      endangering
      tens
      of
     
     
      thousands
      of
      jobs.
      A
      critically
      derided
      pop
      group
      will
      rocket
      up
     
     
      the
      charts,
      fuelling
      nostalgia
      for
      classic
      1970s
      acts
      such
      as
      the
     
     
      Bay
      City
      Rollers.
      Scores
      of
      otherwise
      undistinguished
      firms
      will
     
     
      add
      “.com”
      to
      their
      names
      in
      a
      bid
      to
      sound
      technologically
      hip.
     
     
      Boomers
      will
      seize
      on
      a
      new
      wonder
      therapy
      that
      promises
     
     
      longer
      lives
      or
      better
      sex.
      A
      long-forgotten
      clothing
      fad
      will
     
     
      resurface,
      hailed
      by
      teen
      fashion
      mavens
      as
      the
      hottest
      thing
     
     
      since
      platform
      shoes.
      Millions
      of
      people
      will
      stockpile
      food
      and
     
     
      other
      necessities
      in
      fear
      of
      the
      Y2K
      computer
      bug,
      even
      while
     
     
      experts
      insist
      the
      problem
      is
      under
      control.
      There
      will
      be
      a
      run
     
     
      on
      champagne
      in
      the
      final
      weeks
      of
      1999,
      yet
      many
      people
      —
     
     
      tired
      of
      the
      media’s
      fixation
      on
      the
      subject
      —
      will
      profess
     
     
      themselves
      prematurely
      weary
      of
      the
      new
      millennium.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ross
      Laver
      in
      MacLean's,
      Jan.
      18,1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Cadre
      +
       26January
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
      From
      the
      News
      Stand...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SwissAir
      pilot
      report
      misleading
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pilot
      report
      ‘misleading’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      lead
      investigator
      of
     
     
      the
      Swissair
      disaster
      says
      a
     
     
      media
      report
      that
      crew
      mem-
     
     
      bers
      disagreed
      about
      emer-
     
     
      gency
      procedures
      minutes
      be-
     
     
      fore
      the
      jet
      crashed
      is
      mislead-
     
     
      ing
      and
      inaccurate.
     
    

    
     
      Canadian
      law
      prohibits
     
     
      release
      of
      cockpit
      voice
      re-
     
     
      cordings,
      although
      the
      Trans-
     
     
      portation
      Safety
      Board
      of
     
     
      Canada
      can
      include
      written
     
     
      portions
      or
      a
      complete
      tran-
     
     
      script
      of
      the
      recordings
      in
      its
     
     
      final
      accident
      reports.
     
    

    
     
      “T
      cannot
      comment
      or
     
     
      divulge
      the
      actual
      conversa-
     
     
      tions
      recorded
      on
      the
      cockpit
     
     
      voice
      recorder.
      That’s
      pro-
     
     
      tected
      by
      law,
      but
      I
      can
      say
     
     
      that
      the
      characterizations
      and
     
     
      interpretations
      in
      the
      media
      of
     
     
      that
      conversation
      and
      events
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (in
      the
      cockpit)
      are
      mislead-
     
     
      ing,”
      Mr.
      Vic
      Gerden,
     
    

    
     
      the
      board’s
      lead
      investi-
     
     
      gator,
      said.
     
    

    
     
      Inastory
      Thursday,
      the
     
     
      Wall
      Street
      Journal
      said
      the
     
     
      summary
      reveals
      co-pilot
     
     
      Stefan
      Loew
      wanted
      to
      land
     
     
      quickly
      as
      the
      cockpit
      of
      the
     
     
      doomed
      MD-11
      filled
      with
     
     
      smoke,
      but
      pilot
      Urs
      Zimmer-
     
     
      mann
      di
      ;
     
    

    
     
      The
      jet
      went
      down
      in
      St.
     
     
      Margarets
      Bay
      on
      Sept.2,
      kill-
     
     
      ing
      all
      229
      passengers
      and
     
     
      crew
      aboard.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Journal
      reported
     
     
      that
      Loew
      -
      who
      was
      flying
     
     
      the
      plane
      -
      suggested
      dumping
     
     
      fuel
      early
      in
      order
      to
      land
      and
     
     
      travelling
      directly
      to
      Halifax
     
     
      International
      Airport
      rather
     
     
      than
      heading
      out
      to
      sea
      todump
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      fuel.
     
    

    
     
      According
      to
      the
      news-
     
     
      paper,
      Mr.
      Zimmerman
      told
     
     
      Mr.
      Loew
      he
      was
      going
      over
     
     
      an
      emergency
      checklist
      pro-
     
     
      cedure
      and
      didn’t
      want
      to
      be
     
     
      interru
      mm
      so
      often.
     
    

    
     
      .
      Gerden
      said
      some
     
     
      of
      the
      times
      and
      air
      traffic
     
     
      control
      conversations
      in
      the
     
     
      Journal
      report
      are
      accurate,
     
     
      “but
      the
      interpretations
      of
      the
     
     
      interaction
      between
      the
      crew
     
     
      members
      are
      not
     
    

    
     
      only
      misleading
      but
      inac-
     
     
      curate.”
     
    

    
     
      During
      the
      sometimes
     
     
      contentious
      news
      conference
     
     
      Friday,
      Mr.
      Gerden
      was
     
     
      pressed
      repeatedly
      about
      what
     
     
      was
      misleading
      or
      inaccurate
     
     
      about
      the
      report
      but
      he
      refused
     
     
      to
      be
      more
      specific.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Excerpted
      from
      a
      story
     
     
      by
      Lois
      Legge
      in
      The
      Hali-
     
     
      fax
      Heral