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Morality from the United Nations? Well, yes, says TIME Washington deputy bureau chief Jef McAllister. "The U.N. document has actually accomplished much since it was adopted," he says. "Not only is it now invoked everywhere when people feel oppressed, but most importantly, the declaration has helped bestow legitimacy on protesters around the world against the claims of oppressive governments that the dissidents' goals are merely imports of imperialists." Moreover, adds TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell, the declaration has also had a practical bread-and-butter impact: "It has helped underscore the fact that human rights are critical in bringing countries...
...most influential people of the century, is devoted to the 20 remarkable builders and titans who most embody capitalism and its triumphs. It also creates the occasion for this writer, who has covered business for more than three of this century's decades, to make a few observations and bestow a few honors...
...idea. They can smell his desperation. It invites their casual contempt. When a movie star (Melanie Griffith) grants him a sexual favor, it's one of those once-in-a-lifetime benisons queens sometimes bestow on a lucky serf, not the beginning of a relationship. When a supermodel (Charlize Theron) catches a glimpse of his only glamorous asset, a classic Aston Martin sports car, she thinks its owner may do as an escort for a night on the town, but her attention keeps wandering...
...those who did not do so this July and August--are spending a good portion of this autumn visiting college campuses. As the days dwindle down to a precious few before applications are due, the students are struggling to find--and get into--a college or university that will bestow upon them a pedigree ensuring success in life. Poised to court them are college-admissions staffs bristling with view books, videos and other lures of modern marketing, eager to deliver to their faculties and coaches talented youngsters who will reflect well on the institution...
...would Republicans necessarily wish otherwise--particularly since the three words they fear most are President Al Gore. Clinton's ouster would bestow on the Vice President the advantage of running in 2000 as an incumbent, and as the man who helped the nation get over Monica. But in the shadow of a scandal-prone President, Gore is suffering in comparison with the most talked-about possible Republican contender. Polls show that if the 2000 election were held today, Texas Governor George W. Bush would handily beat Gore; a year ago, the same surveys had Gore ahead. "The optimum scenario...