Notebook

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

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

BILL CLINTON First blamed, then hailed for Kosovo. Battle practice will come in handy for wife's New York run

JAMES HORMEL First openly gay ambassador. It's just Luxembourg--not that there's anything wrong with that

OSCAR GOODMAN Mob lawyer wins landslide for mayor of Vegas. Next: Johnnie Cochran, Attorney General

[& LOSERS]

KIRK FORDICE Hypocrisy alert! Mississippi Governor and Clinton critic leaves wife for another woman

CHRISTIAN COALITION Denied tax-exempt status owing to political activity. Time to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's...

LARRY BIRD Sets another record: first coach to lose to No. 8 seed in semis. And he lost to the Knicks' bench