2019-10-21_Time

(Nora) #1
8 Time October 21–28, 2019

For the Record

‘Negotiations
have taken
a turn for
the worse.’

TERRY DITTES,
UAW vice president, in a
message to members of
the union; 49,000 GM
autoworkers have been on
strike since Sept. 

‘This election has

never been about me.’

STEVEN REED,
after being elected as the first African-American
mayor of Montgomery, Ala., on Oct. 8

‘I know

I will be

assassinated,


but it’s not

them I’m

afraid of.’

ZARIFA GHAFARI,
one of Afghanistan’s only
female mayors, speaking to
the New York Times for an
Oct. 4 story, on death threats
from the Taliban and the
Islamic State

‘I’VE LIVED


A GOOD LIFE,


A FULL LIFE, AND


I’M NEARING


THE END OF


THAT LIFE.


I KNOW THAT.’


ALEX TREBEK,


Jeopardy! host, discussing the progress of his treatment
for pancreatic cancer in an Oct. 4 CTV interview

‘ I f Tur key do e s
anything that
I, in my great
and unmatched
wisdom, consider
to be off limits,
I will totally destroy
and obliterate
the Economy
o f Tur key.’

DONALD TRUMP,
U.S. President, in an Oct. 
tweet on his choice to pull
U.S. troops out of northeast
Syria before a Turkish military
operation there

Cats
Justin Bieber is
criticized by PETA for
spending $35,
on two designer cats

Dogs
American Heart
Association studies
link dog ownership
with living longer

GOOD WEEK


BAD WEEK


20


Number of newly identified moons scientists
announced on Oct. 7 they had found orbiting
Saturn, bringing the planet’s total to a solar-
system-topping 82; an online contest to name
them will be open until December

241


Number of Microsoft email
accounts, including some
linked to a U.S. presidential
campaign, that were
targeted by Iran-linked
hackers, the company
confirmed on Oct. 4; four
accounts were breached

$87,


Funds Atlantic City Mayor
Frank Gilliam Jr. admitted he
stole from a youth basketball
team when he pleaded guilty
to wire fraud on Oct. 

ILL


US


TR


ATI


ON


S (^) B
Y (^) B
RO
WN
(^) BI
RD
(^) DE
SIG
N (^) F
OR
(^) TI
ME


SOURCES: CTV; NEW YORK TIMES; REUTERS; BBC

Free download pdf