Word: personal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...20th century has been one of great progress. Millions were able to watch men land on the moon. Unfortunately, it was also a century where evil challenged good with two world wars, constant conflicts and the killing of innocent people. An evildoer must be favored for selection as the Person of this Century. It boils down to either Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin. FINBARR SLATTERY Killarney, Ireland...
...other members of Congress vote for the G.I., who represents the price our nation has paid to protect freedom in the world. Give these brave men and women the credit and recognition they deserve for shaping our world and making history, and name the American G.I. as the Person of the Century. ROBIN HAYES, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE 8th District, North Carolina Washington...
...candidate is Albert Einstein. His name is synonymous with genius. Using only his innate intelligence, he developed theories that changed almost every aspect of modern life: science, mathematics, philosophy, even religion. Probably no other person through the ages has had such a profound (and positive) influence on the course of human history. ROB SIDDALL Toronto...
...asked my mother who should be the person of the century. I was surprised by her answer: "The man who invented the washing machine." You know, she's right. ROBERT PETERSON Woodland Hills, Calif...
...heroically influential person of the 20th century was Andy Warhol. He took everyday culture and turned it into art. Warhol's work was original. It gives the observer the feeling that the person who made it wasn't like everyone else, that this artist was an individual. AMANDA MICHELS Wexford...