Milestones Nov. 22, 1999

SENTENCED. MARK MANES, 22, to six- and three-year prison terms for selling a handgun to Dylan Klebold, one of the teens responsible for the massacre at Columbine, and for possessing a sawed-off shotgun; in Golden, Colo. At the sentencing hearing, transcripts of a videotape were read in which the killers thank Manes for "[helping] us do what we needed to do" but say he knew nothing about their plans.

RESIGNED. MICHEL CAMDESSUS, 67, managing director of the International Monetary Fund who helped stabilize Mexico and Asia in recent crises; in mid-term, for personal reasons; in Washington.

DIED. LESTER BOWIE, 58, theatrical...

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