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MAY 10, 1999 VOL. 153 NO. 18


Spotlight

KICKED AROUND: After irate Inter Milan fans threw stones at Ronaldo's car following a poor game, the Brazilian star threatened to quit the club. His mood improved midweek when he scored for Brazil and was named soccer's top earner ($8.7 million in 1998). With that kind of bread, he can always buy another car. Illustration for TIME by Bill Dare

W I N N E R S

MADONNA
Who's that girl? Max Factor remakes one of the world's most famous faces for European campaign
SIR NORMAN FOSTER
Adding to his accolades, Germany gives architect its Order of Merit for work restoring Reichstag
TELETUBBIES
Britain exports Tinky Winky, Po et al. as cultural ambassadors to strengthen ties with China

L O S E R S

MICHAEL MOORE
Pesky maker of Roger & Me sues colleague who used same dogging techniques when documenting him
SUMO WRESTLERS
New obesity tests aimed at reinvigorating the sport mean diet time for these big boys
ANDREW TYLER
Internet privileges revoked. For fun, 13-year-old bids more than $3 million in online auctions

V E R B A T I M
"Remember, they only name things after you when you're dead or really old."
Barbara Bush, former U.S. First Lady, as CIA headquarters was renamed after her husband George

"We have to prove to them that we are a free country. Everyone is welcome here."
Joseph Estrada, Philippine President, after allowing Wan Azizah Ismail, wife of Malaysia's convicted former Deputy PM Anwar Ibrahim, to visit the country

"His political initiative is over. He is going to fall down."
Vuk Obradovic, leader of Yugoslavia's Socialist Democratic Party, on the future of President Slobodan Milosevic

"The difference between you and I is that I understand the difference between virtue and nonvirtue."
Steven Seagal, American actor, chastising the media at a press conference in India



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