Grapevine

By PAUL GRAY/

WINNER OF THE WEEK

WILLIAM J. BENNETT

The drug czar will release a report admitting that his yearlong effort to make Washington a "test case" in the drug war has largely failed. Such candor from a top official qualifies Bennett as an endangered species.

LOSER OF THE WEEK

WILLIAM J. BENNETT

A tough federal report will charge that his yearlong effort to make Washington a "test case" in the war on drugs has largely failed. In other words, at this stage of the struggle, the czar has no clothes.

SHOWBOAT OF THE WEEK

ALFONSE D'AMATO

New York's shameless Senator disrupted delicate diplomacy by unsuccessfully trying to enter Lithuania without a Soviet visa. Was the Baltic ballet staged to make folks forget that he's mired in influence-peddling scandals?

MISSING PERSON OF THE WEEK

PETE ROSE

As baseball begins without him for the first time in 28 years, Rose is switching from gambling to golf: he drives 500 balls a day and commutes from Florida to Cincinnati for gambling therapy. Results of his tax-evasion probe may come this month.

With reporting by DAVID ELLIS