Notebook

By Tam Martinides Gray, Nadya Labi, Michele L. Orecklin and Alain L. Sanders

WINNERS & LOSERS

WHERE'S THE BEEF?

[WINNERS]

OPRAH WINFREY The Thrilla in Amarillo ends, and the cowboys lost. TV hosts aren't sacred cows, but we like 'em

FIDEL CASTRO Surprise: President wins fifth term, predicts socialism will outlive him. But not by how long

MAYOR GIULIANI Launches charmingly idealistic campaign to civilize N.Y.C.

[& LOSERS]

MADONNA Says selling pix of her kid was a big mistake. Like it's her first. One day a publicity hound, the next a mom

MICHAEL MILKEN Pays $47 million for violating his probation by consulting. Next time he should try gardening

MAYOR GIULIANI Launches charmingly idealistic campaign to civilize N.Y.C.

NUMBERS

$8,500: Amount Houston Astros players and staff at spring training in Florida contributed to tornado victims

$6,400: Average amount a Houston Astros player earns per at-bat

$5,000: Amount two arrested Chinese citizens allegedly wanted for a pair of corneas taken from prisoners executed in China

$5,000: Amount a New Jersey fertility clinic is paying women to donate a month's worth of eggs

$100 million: Estimated amount the U.S. is spending monthly to keep forces in the gulf primed for war, on top of the $60 million a month previously budgeted for a peacetime presence

$940 million: Amount the U.S. owes the U.N. in peacekeeping dues

7: Position on the New York Times best-seller list reached last Sunday by Ted Hughes' Birthday Letters

5: Years since a book of poetry made that list (Maya Angelou's On the Pulse of Morning)

Houston Astros; Fox Sports; USA Today; New York Times