Notebook: Nov. 24, 1997

WINNERS & LOSERS

BOUNCING BACK AND BEING BOUNCED

[WINNERS]

JOHN SWEENEY This working man's no stiff. AFL-CIO honcho pulls fast one to get Congress to pull fast-track bill

TARIQ AZIZ His boss is a nutter, but smooth-talking envoy has survived purges and a thousand talk shows

BILL MURRAY Offers money-back guarantee to those who don't like his movie

[& LOSERS]

MARV ALBERT Too much, too soon. P.R. campaign makes Marv seem even dorkier. Baldness pill also put in limbo

KOFI ANNAN A cool hand in his first crisis, but the U.S. won't cough up his U.N. dues. That's gratitude for...