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Culture on Demand: Black is Beautiful The American Express black card is the ultimate status symbol Asia Buzz: Should the Net Be Free? Web heads want it all -- for nothing JAPAN: Failed Revolution Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori clings to power as dissidents in his party finally decide not to back a no-confidence motion Cover: Endgame? After Florida's controversial ballot recount, Bush holds a 537-vote lead in the state, which could give him the election |
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JANUARY 24, 2000 VOL. 155 NO. 3
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BABE MAGNET: Rock star Melissa Etheridge and her lesbian partner Julie Cypher reveal that 58-year-old rocker David Crosby is the biological father of their child. So what if he has been treated for drug disorders and had a liver transplant, Etheridge said she wanted his music ... well, it wouldn't be his hair. Sculpture by David O'Keefe; photography by Jay O'Conner for TIME |
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Winners HILLARY CLINTON Aspiring New York politician shines in long-awaited appearance on Gotham's Letterman talk show AUGUSTO PINOCHET UGARTE Ex-Chilean dictator escapes extradition to Spain after British doctors find him unwell ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER To keep the corporate raiders out, musicals king takes control of 10 top London theaters |
Losers SEAN "PUFF DADDY" COMBS Bad rap. Indictment for criminal possession of a weapon could bring him 15 years in jail MADONNA Security fears lead material girl to dump London home, then she's outbid on Notting Hill pad CHER Cited as ultimate fashion fiasco on Mr. Blackwell's 40th annual worst-dressed list |
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"It's a nice milestone to look back and say, 'Hey, you know, over the past 25 years we really got something done.' " BILL GATES, on stepping down as chief executive of Microsoft "Most of them thought they were in New York. They seemed quite happy." GEORGE VARNAI, Canadian immigration official, on Chinese stowaways arriving in Vancouver on container ships |
"We are clearing out all cafeterias and offices so we can admit as many patients as possible." GERSHON LIEBER, Israeli doctor, instructing hospital staff on how to deal with an influx of flu patients during the severest global outbreak in 10 years "We really don't feel this war will bring victory to either side." ILYAS AKHMADOV, Chechen Foreign Minister, on the conflict with Russia |
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