...era fever of the teens and '20s. Listen well, and you can hear the echoes before you lay your money down. Reach Suzanne R. Stone at (803) 279-6895 or scbureau@augustachronicle.com.

AIKEN - Thanks to a new law in South Carolina, state employees willing to help in emergency situations may obtain the required skills and time away from work to offer their services.

1997, 1998, 1999, 1900? That possible sequence of years set the world atremble in 1999, a year when the approaching millennium set nerves on edge.

Remember awhile ago I recommended to readers of this column a `business parable,' with the reservation that the form was ripe for abuse? Well, fasten your seat belts.

...with a story right now. That's how affected we are. We're swamped." Reach Tom Corwin, Greg Rickabaugh and Suzanne R. Stone at (803) 279-6895 or scbureau@augustachronicle.com.

...penny-ante, but for those who are trying to integrate work with real lives, it's got a lot to say, and says it well. Suzanne R. Stone writes book reviews for the Augusta Business Chronicle. She can be reached at 724-0851.

...authorized execution of Lavrentii Beria, former head of the Soviet secret police and the Soviet nuclear weapons project. Suzanne R. Stone can be reached at (803) 279-6895 or scbureau@augustachronicle.com.

...Emil Pascarelli, M.D., and Deborah Quilter John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1994 $16.95 ISBN # 0-471-59532-2 Suzanne R. Stone writes book reviews for the Augusta Business Chronicle. She can be reached at 724-0851.

...happy to play guinea pig for their theories. You can reach me in care of Augusta Business Chronicle, boys ... Suzanne R. Stone can be reached at (706) 823-3351 or newsroom@augustachronicle.com.

...named director on Dec. 10, 1924, and would remake the bureau into the nation's elite law enforcement agency. Suzanne R. Stone can be reached at (706) 823-3351 or newsroom@augustachronicle.com. Time line Jan. 1: Richard Simon and...