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OCTOBER 18, 1999 VOL. 154 NO. 15
Spotlight
TOWERING ASPIRATIONS: Self-promoting property tycoon Donald Trump throws his crown into the ring, forming an exploratory committee for a 2000 U.S. presidential bid. Wonder how much that prime Pennsylvania Avenue real estate will go for, especially with a glitzy overhaul of the Oval Office? Illustration for TIME by Patrick Milbourn
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Winners
LAETITIA CASTA
How does it feel to be the new symbol of France? "Chouette, quoi"--"Like, neat"--she titters
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Roll over, Beatles! Maestro's newly discovered work is tipped to fetch $150,000 at auction
TINA TURNER
Simply the Best. Britain's Black Music Awards confirm it with lifetime achievement award
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Losers
PRINCE PHILIP
Cambridge students skewer royal as racist and say they'd prefer Richard Branson as chancellor
TUNG CHEE-HWA
What massacre? Hong Kong chief tells democrats to forget Tiananmen and cosy up to Beijing
RICHARD NIXON
Newly released tapes record ex-Prez spouting such wisdom as "All Jews are disloyal"
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Verbatim
"All of this is safe. I want you to try this food to show the nation it is safe."
TATSUYA MURAKAMI, Tokaimura mayor, giving Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi local produce after the town's radiation leak
"Women's tennis is boring. I can beat the men."
SERENA WILLIAMS, 18-year-old U.S. Open champ, asking for a wildcard entry to the men's Eurocard Open. She was rejected
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"Senator Pinochet is on trial for defeating communism."
MARGARET THATCHER, former British Prime Minister, making an impassioned plea for the Chilean general's release
"They're like a couple of drunks walking out of the bar. When they get to the door, they turn around and say, 'I just can't get there.' "
BILL CLINTON, expressing frustration with the two sides of the Northern Ireland peace process
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