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AN OVERVIEW OF EVENTS AND PERSONALITIES OF THE YEAR

Alter an extraordinary year of “he said/
she said,” President C lin to n ’s fate was in
the hands o f the Senate. T h e em battled
president faced im peachm ent on charges o f
perjury and obstruction o f justice for his
con du ct in the M onica Lewinsky sex
scandal. C lin to n , w ho ad m itted to having
“an im proper relationship” w ith the form er
W h ite H ouse intern, becam e the first
president in 130 years to be im peached by
the H ouse o f Representatives. A final
resolution in the m atter w ould com e after a
Senate trial, w here a tw o-thirds vote is
required for im peachm ent.

Using a number-crunching system few
understood, polling in the inaugural N C A A
Bowl C h am pionship Series resulted in a
Fiesta Bowl m atch-up betw een N o. 1
Tennessee and N o. 2 Florida S tate. T h e
V olunteers beat the Sem inoles, 23-16, for
the national cham pionship.

Eric Draper/AP
Thirty-six years after becoming the first American to
orbit the Earth, John G lenn was rocketed back in to space
on the shuttle D iscovery as the w orld’s oldest astronaut.
T h e m ission o f the 77-year-old form er U.S. Senator was to
serve as a test subject for NASA’s research on aging.

The New York Yankees w rapped up one o f
M ajor League Baseball’s m ost m em orable seasons
w ith a record 125 w ins and a W orld Series sweep
o f the San D iego Padres. It was the Yankees’
second w orld cham pionship in three years.

Apple’s new iMac, w ith its futuristic design and
translucent exterior, m ade a big splash in the
com p u ter industry w hen it was released in
A ugust. B oth eye-catching and affordable, the
iM ac was an instant hit w ith m ore than
278,000 units sold du rin g its first six weeks.