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Dec 27, 1993

The Year's Top Newsmakers

December 27, 1993

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The Year's Top Newsmakers

Power Players, Funnymen, and the Women We Can't Help But Adore All Make PEOPLE's 25 Most Intriguing List

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Table of Contents

Articles

Letter from the Editor

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Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton

In a Rare Joint Interview, the First Couple Reflect on Chelsea, Life in the White House (Movies, Popcorn!) and the Issues That Drive Them

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Princess Diana

Caught in a No-Win Struggle with the Palace, Di Bows Out Gracefully, but Even in Defeat Still Works Her Magic on a Loving Public

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Michael Jackson

Did He or Didn't He? Either Way, the Age of Innocence Ends for the World's Most Popular Pop Star

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Yasir Arafat

The Palestinian Leader Boldly Bucked His Militant Image to Embrace a Blueprint for Peace. Now He Has to Make It Work

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Oprah Winfrey

From Crusades to Calories, TV's Top Talker Can Find No Guest as Endlessly Engaging as Herself

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Shannen Doherty

The Unpredictable Beverly Hills, 90210 Star Took a Riveting Walk—Make That a Breathless Sprint—on the Wild Side

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David Letterman

With a New Network, New Theater and New Airtime, the Caustic Comedian Has the Last Laugh. Now, Heeere's Johnny's Rightful Heir!

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Janet Reno

The Star of the Clinton Cabinet Won Praise for Honesty, but Some Wonder If This Prosecutor Might Be a Bit Too Independent

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Howard Stern

The Radio Jock Caused a Shock Wave When He Flashed His Private Parts

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Baby Jessica

Her Wrenching Custody Battle Tore the Hearts of Parents and Stepparents Alike as It Raised the Issue of Children's Rights—or Lack of Them

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Lyle Lovett

The Quirky Country Balladeer Triumphed Where Young Hunks Have Failed—He Joined Gorgeous Julia Roberts in the Chapel of Love

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Ol' Man River

The Mississippi, Normally Placid and Nurturing Father of Waters, Turned into a Wrathful Patriarch, Loosing a Flood of Biblical Proportions. Those Who Have Known the River, from Times Past to This Past Summer, Speak of Its Majesty and of Life When Its Banks Know No Bounds

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Jerry Seinfeld

Porsche Collector, Credit-Card Hawker, Master of the Mundane—the Arch Stand-Up Comic Is Sitting Pretty Atop TV's Coolest Sitcom

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Katherine Ann Power

A Symbol of '60s Rebellion Finally Comes in from the Cold—and in Giving Herself Up Faces the Chilling Effect of Her Deeds

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Eddie Vedder

Spurning Rock's Hype and Hoopla, Pearl Jam's Lead Fury Captures the Passions of a New Generation

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Vincent Foster Jr.

The Suicide of a High-Ranking White House Official—and a Close Friend of the Clintons'—Forces Washington to Take a Long Hard Look at Itself

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Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman

Did An Obscure, Radical Egyptian Cleric Bring Terrorism to America?

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Michael Jordan

The Emperor of Air Gives Up the Game He Loves, Leaving the Rest of Us to Wonder: How Much Fame, Loss and Scrutiny Is Too Much for One Extraordinary Superstar to Bear?

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Rush Limbaugh

The Conservative Kingpin Expanded His Audience as Well as His Bank Account—and, He Proclaims, That's the Way Things Ought to Be

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Andrew Wiles

Working in An Attic Hideaway, He Cracked a Problem That Had Mystified Great Minds for Ages

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Tommy Lee Jones

The Mean-Lookin', Tough-Talkin' Ex-Harvard Jock Made the Fugitive Arresting and Himself a Star

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Susan Powter

The Workout Warrior and Infomercial Queen Gets Rich Telling Women Fitness Is the Best Revenge

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Lorena Bobbitt

Avenger, Punch Line or Criminal? There Was No Cutting Off the Debate

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Tom Hanks

Traveling from Seattle to Philadelphia, the Actor Put Together a Dream Year and Proved He Can Do More Than Play for Laughs

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White House Pajama Party

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Break It Up!

In a Year Bubbling with Double Trouble, We Needed Someone to Parachute in And...Break It Up!

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Sequels

Updating Some of the Year's Most Compelling Stories: Spur Posse Boys Still Swagger, Jean Harris Gardens, Two Waco Survivors Await Koresh's Return, and More

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Nannygate Revisited

Would a Man Have Been Asked Who Took Care of His Kids? Maybe Not, but When Zoë Baird Ran into a Child-Care Controversy, a New Standard for Office Seekers Spread Like Diaper Rash

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The Making of a Martyr

As a Medic in War-Torn Bosnia, a Dedicated Young Michigan Woman Finds Herself, Only to Lose Her Life in a Rare Moment of Ease

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Tribute

Peers, Partners and Pals Say a Special So Long to Some Fabled Folks Whose Talent and Tenacity Illumined Our Lives

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The Wives of Madison County

When Robert Kincaid, the Bridge-Photographing Hero of Robert James Waller's Best-Seller, Strolled Up to An Iowa Porch, He Found Love with a Farmer's Lonely Spouse. Wondering What Madison County's Real Farmwives Think of the Novel, We Went Calling Too

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The Bad News Biosphere

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