Monday, Apr. 19, 1999

Notebook

By Harriet Barovick, Tam Gray, Daniel Levy, Lina Lofaro, Andrew Meier, David Spitz, Flora Tartakovsky and Chris Taylor

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

PREMIER ZHU RONGJI Perky Chinese leader meets boyish American President. If they were roomies, we would have a sitcom

THE BEAVERS Beavers destroy Washington cherry trees, proving who really has the sharpest teeth in town

KEANU REEVES Teens tout The Matrix as next bodacious thing. Keanu + special FX=let's play hooky

[& LOSERS]

MADELEINE ALBRIGHT The latest victim of Washington's most insidious weapon: anonymous finger pointing

HUNTER DRONE Unmanned spy plane apparently shot down. Artoo Detoo holds Milosevic personally responsible

CHARLTON HESTON N.R.A. head loses state ballot on concealed weapons. Next up: Missouri overrun by locusts?