A ROYAL LOVE AFFAIR: As Queen Elizabeth's youngest, Prince Edward, tied the knot with 34-year-old public relations executive Sophie Rhys-Jones last weekend, romantics around the world watched the televised wedding with hopes that the last to marry would have better success than his now-divorced siblings. Illustration for TIME by David Cowles

W I N N E R S MAURICE GREEN Meet the world's fastest human. U.S. sprinter shatters 100-m record in 9.79 seconds GRETA GARBO Screen legend's wish--to be alone --granted as her ashes are secretly interred in Swedish cemetery BALD EAGLE Now thriving after near-extinction, U.S. symbol to be removed from federal protection

L O S E R S JIM BROWN U.S. football hall of fame running back arrested for making "terrorist threats" against his wife CHEN CHAO-NAN Taiwan lawmaker starts a brawl in the legislature when he hurls a shoe at the podium BELGIUM First, dioxin in the food, and now contaminated Coca-Cola products. Are the frites O.K.?

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"Like sending Salman Rushdie as an ambassador of goodwill to a Muslim country." Monsignor Pedro Quitorio, spokesman for the Philippines' Catholic Bishops' Conference, on Geri Halliwell's campaign for contraceptive use in that devout nation "Whether she is presidential timber or not, we don't know. Although she is stupid, she loves people." Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician, on his friend, opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri

"Even the Pope has to obey someone. And in this case it is his doctor." Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Vatican spokesman, after the Pontiff took ill and canceled appearances in Poland "Gee, this makes me feel a lot more important. I'm going to call my agent right now." Lauren Bacall, actress, when told she made the American Film Institute's list of screen legends

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