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MAY 29, 2000 VOL. 155 NO. 21
Spotlight
DEMOLITION MAN Shaquille O'Neal--rapper, actor and 2.15-m titan--not only slam-dunked the NBA's Most Valuable Player award but also has led his Los Angeles Lakers into the Western Conference finals. Now he wants to be known as "Big Aristotle," after the Greek philosopher who espoused excellence and consistency. Illustration for TIME by Kidir Nelson.
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Winners
MIKE TYSON
Queensbury rules. Bad-boy boxer is allowed to enter Britain for a fight, despite rape conviction
SUSIE O'NEILL
Madame Butterfly. Aussie eyes Olympic gold after smashing world's oldest swimming record
DAVID BECKHAM
English soccer star is immortalized in Buddhist temple. Football a religion?
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Losers
JACK STRAW
Down for the count. British Home Secretary's rule-bending act for Tyson sparks wave of protests
EDOUARD BALLADUR
Sore loser. French ex-P.M. quits Paris mayoral race as polls show his rival too far ahead
BOO.COM
Online fashion e-tailer goes to dotcom heaven in Europe's first major Internet failure
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Verbatim
" They should put him in a cage ... to be fed like any animal in the jungle. "
SIDIKIE GASSAMA, Freetown resident, on captured Sierra Leone rebel leader Foday Sankoh
" The initial price was $1 million for the German ... but we have asked them for a package deal for all 21 hostages. "
DOMINGO SIAZON, Philippine Foreign Secretary, on talks with Muslim rebels
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" Long live freedom and democracy. "
CHEN SHUI-BIAN, Taiwan's President, in his closely watched inaugural address
" What is there to prevent us treating our entire world as some great laboratory of life, with potentially disastrous long-term consequences? "
PRINCE CHARLES, on the dangers of modern science
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