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...said a prophet warned you before the Mike Tyson fight that he was going to do something bad to your "facial area." Why the heck wouldn't you listen to a prophet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evander Holyfield | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...says, it's because "there's never been an opportunity like this, even back in the Motown days. Very few people have the chance to be their own boss, to own what they create." Sometimes, to lead the way to the promised land, it takes a warrior, not a prophet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hip-Hop Nation: Sean Puffy Combs | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...scion of a noble Arab family that traced its roots back to the prophet Muhammad, Hussein ascended to the Hashemite throne in 1952 at the tender age of 16 -- having already survived one assassin's bullet, which deflected off a medal he'd been wearing on his chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: King Hussein bin Talal: 1935-1999 | 2/5/1999 | See Source »

...Inevitably, perhaps, the warrior king made mistakes. Joining Egypt in a disastrous 1967 war against Israel cost him control of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, where his family had tended the Islamic holy sites since the days of the prophet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: King Hussein bin Talal: 1935-1999 | 2/5/1999 | See Source »

Party's over, oops! Out of time! --From 1999, by the Millennial Prophet Formerly Known as Prince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End Of The World As We Know It? | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

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