Notebook

By Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Daren Fonda, Belinda Luscombe, Ellin Martens, Benjamin Nugent, Eric Roston, Susanna Schrobsdorff, Josh Tyrangiel

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

RULON GARDNER Wrestler upsets Russian in best Olympic moment. Whom will he endorse for President?

BILL GATES High court rejects fast track for breakup. He might stay nerd in chief of a united Microsoft

ELEANOR SMEAL Feminist wins RU 486 crusade, but a President Bush could undo it all

[& LOSERS]

STEVE JOBS Stock tanks after disappointing earnings report. Time to leave and come back--again?

SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC Yugo voters cleanse ethnic cleanser from presidency. Get the hint: Leave!

WIM DUISENBERG E.U. bank big sees his euro slide as Danes reject it. Hey, cheap Brie for the rest of us