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Two very different but kindred women died within days of each other. Both Princess Diana and Mother Teresa will be remembered for reaching out to the impoverished and wronged. The planet reached out, too, and was rewarded with closeup glimpses of the face of Mars. New residents at No. 10 Downing Street in London ended years of Conservative rule, and Hong Kong ended British rule as it reverted to China. We said a fond farewell to Hale-Bopp when that comet faded from the night sky. It was a nervous Hello, Dolly, to a cloned sheep. Where might she lead us? And there were events that seemed perennial: Palestinians and Israelis in conflict, terrorist attacks, the powerlessness of mankind against the violence of nature.
