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DECEMBER 13, 1999 VOL. 154 NO. 23
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COMEBACK ATTEMPT: Banned from baseball in the U.S. a decade ago over gambling charges, Pete Rose, the sport's all-time base-hit leader, stepped up efforts to clear his name, triggering debate over whether "Charlie Hustle" (as loving fans once called him) should be allowed into the Hall of Fame. Illustration for TIME by C.S. Payne |
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Winners CLIFF RICHARD His Millennium Prayer single hits No. 1 in Britain despite radio snub. Rock on, Grandpa MANCHESTER UNITED The Reds Rule! English footballers are world club champs after beating Brazil's Palmeiras in Tokyo THE SYMBOL Formerly known as Prince, now known as generous. Gives $2-million home to Spanish orphans |
Losers HELMUT KOHL Big man has feet of clay. Germany's former leader admits secret bank accounts funded party campaigns LEONARDO DICAPRIO Voted most overrated star by U.S. film magazine. Oh, well. His heart will go on... JACK RAMSAY Former Mountie and law-and-order crusader faces prison for rape attempt 30 years ago |
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"The true heroes are those who stayed behind." JOSE RAMOS-HORTA, Nobel peace laureate, returning to East Timor after 24 years in exile "One down, the others to go." IAN DUNHAM, biochemist who led the research team that completed the mapping of human chromosome 22, one of 23 pairs |
"I'll let her run around the ring a few times before knocking her out. Then I'll pick her up and kiss her." JACQUELINE FRAZIER, daughter of Joe Frazier, who will soon meet Muhammad Ali's daughter Laila in the boxing ring "I have thought of everything, even subsidizing nappies and making holes in condoms." VINCENZO VENDITTI, mayor of the Italian village of Vastogirardi, concerned that a population decline will wipe out his hamlet |
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