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SEPTEMBER 21, 1998 VOL. 152 NO. 11


Spotlight


ATHLETIC SUPPORTER: He already owns stakes in several teams, so you'd think people would be used to the idea of Rupert Murdoch as a sports magnate. But his planned $1 billion purchase of Britain's revered Manchester United football club angered fans--and made Man U the world's most valuable sports franchise. Illustration for TIME by Mikki Rain

W I N N E R S  &  L O S E R S
KIM IL SUNG
Though dead for years, North Korea's Great Leader is newly named its "Eternal President"
SALOMON SMITH BARNEY
Mahathir berates foreign money men, but the Wall Street firm wins bid to steer Malaysia's banks
MARK MCGWIRE
Baseball's King of Swing, "Big Mac" breaks Roger Maris' record with 62nd home run
QUEEN ELIZABETH
Everyone's feeling the crunch: Treasury cuts her annual raise from 7.5% to 2.5%
ADAM SMITH
18th century economist's "invisible hand" gets slapped as governments opt for intervention
STEVE TRACHSEL
Chicago Cubs pitcher will be forever remembered for serving up McGwire's record-breaker

V E R B A T I M
"A fur hat is no good on an empty stomach."
VLADIMIR IVANOV, owner of a Moscow hat stall, on Russia's economic woes

"I have five kids from three marriages. I come from a trailer park. My sister and brother are both gay. I have multiple personalities. And the National Enquirer reunited me with my daughter."
ROSEANNE BARR, whose Roseanne Show debuts this week, on her qualifications for being a TV talk show host

"Next to declaring war, this may be the most important thing we do, so we have to do it right."
DICK GEPHARDT, House Democratic leader, on how Congress should handle Kenneth Starr's report

"The fact is I don't have one cent of savings abroad. The rumors are not true."
SUHARTO, Indonesia's ex-President, denying allegations that he accumulated billions of dollars during his 32-year reign



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