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Notebook: Feb. 15, 1999

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Harriet Barovick, Tam Gray, Lina Lofaro, Daniel S. Levy, David Spitz, Flora Tartakovsky and Chris Taylor

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

MONICA Lewinsky is likable, loyal and forgiving. And Victoria’s Secret show makes thong mainstream

NEWT GINGRICH IRS says foundation that gave him money was clean; message to Ken Starr: quitters win

MUHAMMAD ALI Building a tolerance museum; first boxer on Wheaties. Michael who?

[& LOSERS]

BARBIE Turning 40, sales drop, gets a butterfly tatt. Next: Ken gets a Porsche and dates a 23-year-old

DIANE SAWYER After secretly taping workers eating bad food, offers to “drown…in vat of chili.” That’s good TV

PBS Ordered to pay $47 mil to one of the Monkees. Here we come superspeed pledge drive!

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