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DECEMBER 18, 2000 VOL. 156 NO. 24

Spotlight

ON THE DEFENSIVE Philippine President Joseph Estrada is battling to his clear his name as Senate prosecutors kick off his impeachment trial amid accusations of bribery and corruption and sordid tales of gambling payoffs, cronyism and mistresses. Illustration for TIME by Harry Harrison

Winners
ROGER ENRICO
The real thing! PepsiCo CEO leaves Coke high and dry, buying Quaker Oats in $13 billion deal
the BEATLES
Move over 'N Sync. Hits album from the original boy band is fastest-seller of all time
IRIDIUM
Pentagon steps in with $72 million to save doomed firm's satellites from fiery plummet
  Losers
STEVE JOBS
Has Apple's chief lost his Midas touch? Company forecasts a loss for first time in three years
BERNARD ARNAULT
Givenchy mogul loses British bad-boy designer Alexander McQueen to bitter rival Gucci
POKEMON
Turkish officials order popular cartoon program off TV due to "harmful" effects on kids

Verbatim
"To describe Lord Archer's acting as wooden would be to insult even the humblest piece of furniture."
NICHOLAS DE JONGH, British theater critic, on the West End debut of the novelist's play The Accused

"Peter was an exceptional priest, and Carol will be too."
GRETA DAVIES, parishioner at St. Philip's Church in Swindon, England, on the return of her vicar who had a sex-change operation
  "The Queen's Speech is 1,000 words, but it can be summed up in one sentence: all spin and no delivery."
WILLIAM HAGUE, British Conservative leader, mocking the government's legislative program ahead of general elections in May

"There are some beautiful, beautiful young people here tonight. I think I should have worn tighter pants."
RANDY NEWMAN, American singer/songwriter, at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas

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