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SEPTEMBER 6, 1999 VOL. 154 NO. 9
Spotlight
LET'S MAKE A DEAL: Accused "thrill" killer Samuel Sheinbein, 19, pleaded guilty in Israel, where he fled in 1997 after the murder and dismemberment of a fellow teenager in Maryland. He received a 24-year sentence, but will be eligible for parole after 16. U.S. prosecutors had hoped for a stiffer sentence.
Illustration for TIME by Edel Rodriquez
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Winners
MICHAEL JOHNSON
Fleet-footed American sprinter shatters 400-m world record in a dazzling 43.18 seconds
BARBIE
More than a pretty face. Turns out buxom doll's bendable knees make great prosthetic fingers
ROBERT BOGUCKI
Presumed dead after six weeks in the Aussie outback, Alaskan native turns up skinny but safe
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Losers
OLIVER STONE
Busted! Stone-d director agrees to enter rehab to avoid jail time in drugs-and-drink case
F.B.I.
After six years of flat denial, the agency admits firing incendiary weapons in the lethal Waco fiasco
THE SMITHSONIAN
Pâté's over. Cultural institution cancels seminar on foie gras after animal lovers protest
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Verbatim
"The whole thing is ludicrous. What do I include? My inside leg measurement?"
Lord Mancroft, British peer, on being asked to write a 75-word essay to justify keeping his hereditary seat in the House of Lords
"The population is growing so fast we have to run like Carl Lewis just to stay in place."
V.P. Reddaiah, New Delhi medical center director, as India approaches the one billion population mark
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"We were ruining them. The TV, the electric light and running water. They were starting to like it here."
Russell West, Iowa jail administrator, on why he decided to release four Amish inmates early
"She doesn't have a personal life. She doesn't age. She doesn't gain weight."
Luciana Abreu, Internet company director, on why animated supermodel Webbie Tookay is better than real-life mannequins
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