Word: sir
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sir: Dr. Christiaan Barnard is my choice for Man of the Year. In a year not very different from those that have preceded it-with politicians, warriors, assassins, bigots, extremists, racists of all colors, policemen and the like making the day-in-day-out headlines-the presence of Dr. Barnard, squeezed in between these people and their ugly deeds, on the front pages of all the major newspapers of the world was most welcome...
...Sir: Pope Paul. If his decision is "of God," then perhaps someone's fifth-or ninth or twelfth-child will be the one who leads us into peace and plenty. If it is "of man," then he is dooming future generations to famine and frustration...
...Sir: Leonid Brezhnev. By invading Czechoslovakia, he showed that the Russian plan for world domination has not been given up for peaceful coexistence; showed De Gaulle that he needs to study Russian history; demonstrated that the purported will of Peter the Great still defines Russian foreign policy; convinced the world that the need for NATO still exists; woke up the U.S. and made most of its citizens grateful for the election of Nixon...
...Sir: Woman of the Year, Rose Kennedy...
...Sir: For his efforts to awaken humanity to the awesome problem of overpopulation: Dr. Alan Guttmacher...