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AUGUST 2, 1999 VOL. 154 NO. 4
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DÉJÀ VU: When his plane crashed in the waters off Martha's Vineyard, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. took his place in the family's deepening tragedy. Americans mourned the memories of two men, father and son, and contemplated the misfortunes of the nation's unofficial First Family. Illustration for TIME by Tim O'Brien |
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Winners EILEEN COLLINS You fly, girl! Columbia shuttle commander is first woman to lead a U.S. space mission MASAYOSHI SON Shares of Softbank founder's spinoff Net company soar to eight times IPO price COCKROACH Hardy household pest is New Zealand's mascot in its Y2K bug-survival campaign |
Losers GARY COLEMAN Diff'rent Strokes TV star gets 52 anger-management sessions for punching an autograph seeker McDONALD'S Burger giant loses Bermuda deal after court rules golden arches will ruin islands' old-world charm RUSSIAN ARMY Radar surveillance network temporarily shut down over unpaid electric bill |
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"No one should contemplate force here." Bill Clinton, U.S. President, on mounting tension across the Taiwan Strait "It is difficult to keep track of every detail." Eugene De Kock, amnesty-seeking South African ex-colonel, on his apartheid-era tortures and killings "I would gladly see Slobo before a firing squad." Dobrijove, Serbian soldier in Kosovo War, on his disillusionment with President Slobodan Milosevic |
"We're not here to hear anyone special. We're here to listen to it all." Jamie Jancosek, music fan, celebrating the opening of Woodstock '99 "He was one of the greatest friends a man could have." Gregorio Fuentes, captain of Ernest Hemingway's boat El Pilar, on the 100th anniversary of the writer's birth |
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