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SEPTEMBER 14, 1998 VOL. 152 NO. 10


Spotlight


TOSSING THE BOMB: On the eve of North Korea's first party convention in four years, the government of Dear Leader Kim Jong Il hurled a rocket over Japan, making the world sit up and take notice. Was it a missile? A satellite? By week's end, the projectile--and its intent--still hadn't been confirmed. Illustration for TIME by Chang Park

W I N N E R S  &  L O S E R S
HILLARY CLINTON
With the eyes of the world upon her, U.S. First Lady behaves appropriately, unlike hubby Bill
STROM THURMOND
He may not remember them all, but the longest-serving U.S. Senator casts his 15,000th vote
JAMIE LEE CURTIS
Mom & Dad both have a star; now the Scream Queen's got her own on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
GEORGE SOROS
Contagion. Financier's fund lost $2 billion in Russia. Now Taiwan tells him to get out and stay out
ANWAR IBRAHIM
It's hard being No. 2. Malaysian Deputy PM loses job, gets booted from party--and may face arrest
JOE LOCKHART
You snooze, you loose. Air Force One leaves Moscow without White House spokesman who overslept

V E R B A T I M
"Now we're like animals scratching at the window, saying: 'Give us our money! Give us back our money!'"
SERGEI IVANOV, Russian medical worker, on the government's two-month freeze on withdrawals from six major commercial banks

"I did not have sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky."
MICHAEL PITT, 17-year-old who caught a home-run ball hit by St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire, at a Miami press conference after the game

"The free market system has failed."
MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, Malaysia's combative Prime Minister, following his decision to institute controversial controls on the country's currency

"Shut up."
PRINCE HARRY, to his father as Prince Charles instructed him on how to sign Eton College's entrance book, which Prince William had inked in the wrong place



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