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JULY 17, 2000 VOL. 156 NO. 2
Spotlight
HAIL TO THE JEFE Vicente Fox Quesada beat more than just a political rival to become President of Mexico--he vanquished history, ending a 71-year monopoly on power by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or P.R.I. Ahead lies the even tougher task of undoing decades of misrule. Illustration for TIME by Mark Hess
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Winners
HARRY POTTER
Take that, Draco Malfoy! This kid owns the bestseller lists even before the onslaught of tie-ins
THE WILLIAMS SISTERS
No losers here. The American tennis superstars rock Wimbledon--and the world
JUDE LAW
Pucker up. British star is rated by a beauty company as the world's most kissable celebrity
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Losers
FRANCISCO LABASTIDA OCHOA
You did what? P.R.I. candidate blows Mexican ruling party's seven-decade winning streak
HAROLD GRACEY
Irish Protestant leader refuses to denounce violence. That's, like, s-o-o 20th century
CHARLES BAKALY
Ken Starr (remember him?) flack charged with grand-jury leaks. This case won't die
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Verbatim
"If the Queen had spent even half as much time on the mating of her children, all these troubles of the '90s might never have happened."
SARAH BRADFORD, Viscountess of Bangor, implying that Queen Elizabeth was a bad mother for spending too much time breeding horses
"I think I would like to be a better dancer."
AL GORE, U.S. Vice President, on how he would like to improve himself
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"Suddenly there is a whirl of limbs and then everyone is lying on the floor."
GREG BARTON, biographer of Abdurrahman Wahid, likening the Indonesian President to the drunken swordsmen of film whose skills surprise their foes
"I'm not just an idiot because I'm a rich, famous, talented person."
ROBBIE WILLIAMS, arguing he would be just as difficult if he were a rubbish collector instead of a singer
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