CENTER STAGE: Ehud Barak and his Labor Party triumphed over Benjamin Netanyahu's rightists in the Israeli general election. Having campaigned under the slogan "One Israel," the Prime Minister-elect quickly contacted Yasser Arafat and other Arab leaders in the hope of restarting Middle East peace talks. Illustration for TIME by N. Ascencious

W I N N E R S JEFFREY KATZENBERG Michael Eisner called him a "little midget," but judge rules Disney owes ex-film boss a giant bonus ANDREW MOTION Wordsmith dubbed "safe choice" for his conventional verse named as Britain's poet laureate KING ABDULLAH Jordan's young monarch wows Washington in visit that includes a spin on a Harley

L O S E R S PAULA JONES Some psychic. Couldn't ex-Clinton gal foresee that her $3.95-a-minute hotline wouldn't get much traffic? CHARLES DE GAULLE General's namesake grandson virtually disowned by family for running as far-right candidate U.S. POSTAL SERVICE Double-check the zip code! New stamp places Grand Canyon in Colorado, instead of Arizona

V E R B A T I M

"Though born in a foreign land, I chose India as my country. I am Indian and will remain so until my last breath." Sonia Gandhi, Italian-born president of India's Congress Party, after tendering her resignation "I don't know. Refugee husband, I suppose." Prince Philip, Greek-born mate of Queen Elizabeth II, on how he is viewed in Britain

"It's not like we have favorite recipes. This may be an ancient tradition, but it's all new to us" Richard Markishtum, on how to eat the first whale the Makah Indians have killed in 70-plus years "In Bhutan and Tibet, movie-making is not popular, especially not by a lama. I'm supposed to be sitting in a cave meditating." Gyantse Norbu, Tibetan monk and director of The Cup, Bhutan's first entry in the Cannes Film Festival

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