It's why Netscape founder Jim Clark built a 155-foot yacht called Hyperion and why Chicago approved plans to erect a skyscraper that would take back the title of world's tallest. When it comes to signs of prosperity, yachts and skyscrapers are classics. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire . The combination is powerful. The political peace is the more obvious.
War is absent.
It took a wrong turn at Chechnya and pretty much got stuck there. But behind every war there is ideology, and even that seems to be taking a powder. In the Middle East, longtime enemies Israel and Syria are at the same table, trying to patch things up. The peace accord in Northern Ireland is marching forward. Russia just altered its government, finally booting the communists in a peaceful election.