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Fourteen
- 22 November 1999
Of the girl in the Gary Glitter case, Mr Justice Butterfield remarked, "There is 14 and there is 14. Some look like sophisticated ladies . . . and some still look like little girls. You may wish to consider which category the girl was in"
High Society
- 15 November 1999
Microsoft was adjudged to be running a monopoly. A Broadway musical fan, Bill Gates is lyrically word-perfect in many shows. (With apologies to Cole Porter)
Ramsay Mac Street
- 08 November 1999
A committee is looking for a song to replace "Things Can Only Get Better" as Labour's new anthem (with apologies to Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent)
HM Government Health Warning
- 25 October 1999
The tobacco firm Philip Morris has agreed to help fund a campaign against smoking
A Victory For . . .
- 18 October 1999
(John Lennon's "Imagine" was voted the lyric of the century in a poll)
Investors In People
- 11 October 1999
Under "Early Learning Goals", three year olds will be tested on their skills, and nurseries judged by Ofsted. The education minister Margaret Hodge said she was "fed up of hearing how unstructured activity [is] all that a young child needs".
Spies R Us
- 27 September 1999
More and more spies were discovered. A partly decomposed Huntley and Palmer's biscuit from Capt Scott's final meal was bought for £4,000
Watch with Michael
- 20 September 1999
Bill and Ben, Andy Pandy, the Woodentops, and Michael Portillo - all created in the fifties - are scheduled to be revived
Big Boots
- 13 September 1999
Tony Blair said, "We need to find a new national moral purpose for this new generation"; John Prescott unveiled a new "national walking strategy"
