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JANUARY 8, 2001 VOL. 157 NO. 1

Spotlight

WINNER AND LOSER Tycoon-turned-politician Thaksin Shinawatra is a runaway favorite to win this week's Thai elections. But he may be disqualified: last week he was indicted for hiding assets in his driver's, maid's and security guard's names. Illustration for TIME by Hashim Akib

Winners
ANG LEE
King of Christmas! Director's Crouching Tiger nets highest per-theater ticket sales in the U.S.
HIKMET SAMI TURK
Justice Minister signs amnesty law that could free thousands from Turkey's jails
MARIO LEMIEUX
Returning to N.H.L. after 3.5 years, Super Mario racks up three goals in debut
  Losers
BILL CLINTON
What legacy? The U.S. President's Mideast proposals come up short after Tel Aviv explosion
RUSSIAN SPACE PROGRAM
Do svidanya. Space station Mir—which lost contact with Earth for a day—will expire next month
ERIC FRANKLIN ROSSER
John Mellencamp's ex-pianist makes FBI's Most Wanted List for producing kiddie porn

Verbatim
"The Queen is not likely to start dropping her 'aitches' or using glottal stops."
PAUL FOULKES, York University linguistic professor, responding to complaints that Elizabeth II's annual Christmas Day address to the nation is becoming less posh

"Well, I hope so. You know I'm going to go out and go to work."
BILL CLINTON, U.S. President, on whether he can afford a $2.85 million home for his wife Hillary in Washington, D.C.
  "I play good tennis, and I don't look bad."
ANNA KOURNIKOVA, Russian tennis pinup, defending herself before journalists in Hong Kong

"My analysis of modern history shows that when Republicans were heading the U.S. administration, U.S.-Soviet relations were not harmed."
VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russian President, commenting on the new political team in the U.S.

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