W I N N E R S LAURYN HILL The rapping, singing It-Girl earns 10 Grammy Award nominations for her debut solo record PRINCE EDWARD Third time lucky? The former "Prince of Petulance" is tying the knot ... forever, we hope THE NBA At the buzzer, owners and striking players agree to net what's left of mini-season

L O S E R S MICHAEL EISNER Disney's profit drop hits chief exec hard: this year's bonus is slashed in half, to a mere $5 million McDONALD'S Shortage of Big Macs in the land of Big Ben during a 2-for-1 promotion is a Big Pain 20TH CENTURY FOX Thai villagers threaten to sue studio for wrecking their sand shooting Di Caprio's The Beach

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"It's like North Korea and the U.S. are trying to dance together, and North Korea is trying to break the legs of its partner." Kongdan Oh, Washington-based North Korea specialist, on Pyongyang's nuclear gamesmanship "It has no gender." Moscow Currency Exchange spokesman, on Russia's linguistic dilemma over whether to classify the euro as masculine, feminine or neuter	"Jesus is not a meek, mild wimp in a white nightie." Rev. Tom Ambrose, secretary of the Churches Advertising Network in London, on the launch of a poster depicting Jesus as a Che Guevara-style revolutionary "I kind of think he feels he'd make a great first spouse." Elizabeth Dole, on husband Bob, after announcing her intent to run in the 2000 U.S. presidential race