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OCTOBER 9, 2000 VOL. 156 NO. 14
Spotlight
A NEW ERA At a meeting of OPEC ministers in Caracas, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spoke passionately
about transforming the cartel into an economic powerhouse that would focus not on price-gouging consumers
but on fostering global financial stability. Illustration for TIME by Hungry Dog Studio
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Winners
BILL GATES
Toss him a scrap! Microsoft chairman wins court victory delaying company's breakup
MADONNA
She still sells. Singer's new album, Music, rockets to No.1 in 23 countries in its first week
SUHARTO
Ex-Indonesian leader, ruled medically unfit to stand trial, may get that quiet retirement
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Losers
HELMUT KOHL
Architect of German unity throws fit and pulls out of official 10th-anniversary celebrations
JERRY HALL
Actress and model's 26-room London home is burgled while she performs on West End
JEFFREY ARCHER
Life imitates art. British author charged with perjury over libel case involving call girl
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Verbatim
"If we agreed to haggle, we would admit that the will of one man, Slobodan Milosevic, is stronger than the will of the whole people."
VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA,
Serbian opposition leader, rejecting calls for a new vote after claiming victory in the Yugoslav presidential election
"We cannot understand these people. They are ingrates."
JOSEPH ESTRADA,
Philippine President, reacting to criticism from two French journalists who fled their captors during military action
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"I work practically 24 hours a day. If I claim overtime and add that up, the government owes me millions of dollars."
MAHATHIR MOHAMAD,
Malaysian Prime Minister, on his condition as an overworked and underpaid laborer
"There are not many places to go once you've killed John Lennon."
DAVID CHAPMAN,
the ex-Beatle's murderer, pondering his future on the eve of a parole hearing
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