WINNERS & LOSERS

By KATHLEEN ADAMS, CHRISTINE GORMAN, LINA LOFARO, MICHAEL QUINN, ALAIN L. SANDERS AND SIDNEY URQUHART

[winners]

WILLIE BROWN Sidesteps Republicans on his way to another term as Calif. speaker

EL NINO World's only household-name weather pattern returns; this time, no more Senor Nice Guy

DAN QUAYLE Looks less goofy with Cuomo and Richards doing chip ads

[losers]

THE LATE HOWARD SMITH Portrait of racist Representative is segregated from Capitol Hill

ROBERT DORNAN Far-right Congressman is sent to his room following purple-faced anti-Clinton tantrum

COURT TV CAMERAPERSON Glimpse of alternate juror almost scuttles TV coverage of O.J. trial