WINNERS & LOSERS

WINNERS STEVEN SPIELBERG In the summer, a billion-dollar popular hit: Jurassic Park. In the winter, an Oscar-contending critical coup: Schindler's List

MOHAMMED FARRAH AIDID From fugitive to victor over the U.S., the Somali clan leader returns from hiding more powerful than ever

AL GORE Slow and steady tortoise to Clinton's hare, he becomes the most consequential V.P. in modern history

EVANDER HOLYFIELD Regains heavyweight crown from the man who had vanquished him in first such restoration since Ali

LYLE LOVETT Marries Julia Roberts

BENAZIR BHUTTO The Pakistani PM regains power in spectacular comeback

ROBERT JAMES WALLER Bridges of Madison County lives on the best-seller list all year, only to be displaced at No. 1 by his new novel

TCI CEO JOHN MALONE With TCI-Bell Atlantic merger, the prophet of the information highway pockets shares worth $1.1 billion

TONY KUSHNER His Pulitzer- and Tony-winning Angels in America is the first American play in years that really matters

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY Texas, New Jersey, Virginia, N.Y.C. and L.A.

LOSERS ROSS PEROT Still whiny, cranky and short, he becomes ever more irrelevant as his polls fall, his TV infomercial ratings fade and he flops in the NAFTA debate

MICHAEL JACKSON The world's biggest celebrity is accused of sex with boys, and the odds against career revival are very long

THE ATF Few had even heard of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms until the Waco assault

PHILLY MITCH WILLIAMS Pitches in three losing World Series games, giving up deciding homer in last

BABY JESSICA Torn from the only family she knew

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER His too cute, too expensive Last Action Hero flames out

J.F.K. CONSPIRACY BUFFS With the publication of Case Closed, suddenly everyone agrees: Oswald did act alone

CHEVY CHASE How desperate was his show? He resorted to pre-SNL shtick

KIM CAMPBELL In a year, the Progressive Conservative emerges on the world stage as Canada's first woman prime Minister, then sees her party lose 152 of its 154 seats -- including hers

BOB PACKWOOD Dear Diary: Why didn't I simply resign?