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MAY 1, 2000 VOL. 155 NO. 17
Spotlight
ROUGH
JUSTICE With his country sliding rapidly into chaos, Zimbabwe's
President Robert Mugabe adds fuel to the fire by declaring that
he supports the violent, two-month campaign by "liberation war veterans"
to oust white farmers, whom he brands "enemies" of the state. Illustration
for TIME by Hungry Dog Studio.
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Winners
JULIA ROBERTS
Sitting pretty, woman. Her Erin Brockovich becomes the year's highest-grossing film
ARTHUR C. CLARKE
Author and science-fiction guru who envisioned earth satellites has one named after him
JAMES WOLFENSOHN
World Bank chief promises unlimited money to fight AIDS in developing countries
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Losers
MARGARET THATCHER
National Portrait Gallery puts aside former British P.M.'s visage to make room for fresher faces
VLADIMIR MECIAR
Police commandos burst into ex-Slovak leader's home and charge him with abuse of power
THABO MBEKI
Ignoring the weight of science, South African President insists HIV may not cause AIDS
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Verbatim
" She's not a babe. She's a sophisticated real-time computer system."
VIVIENNE ADSHEAD, director of Britain's Ananova Ltd., on the debut of the world's first virtual newsreader
" This child ... continues to be horrendously exploited in this bizarre and destructive ambience."
IRWIN REDLENER, pediatrician and adviser to the U.S. government, on the Elian Gonzalez case
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" Blaming the World Bank for poverty is a bit like blaming the Red Cross for starting World Wars I and II."
MICHAEL MOORE, World Trade Organization chief, on protesters' demands to abolish the financial institution
" This was an attack on all America and every American."
BILL CLINTON, U.S. President, on the fifth anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing
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