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...whose legacies will help shape the next? At a party last week in New York City, we asked some of TIME's cover subjects to talk about the people who had most influenced them. These speakers included President Clinton, author Toni Morrison, director Steven Spielberg, actress Mary Tyler Moore, statesman Mikhail Gorbachev, scientist James Watson and entrepreneur Bill Gates. Other notables toasted their heroes, including some of the 84 cover subjects who attended (for a list, see page 20). It was a fascinating convergence of extraordinary people. "President Clinton and I have been trying to meet each other," noted Gorbachev...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Celebration in TIME | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

DIED. ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 87, Connecticut statesman who helped guide a junior Senator from Massachusetts to the White House, becoming a member of John Kennedy's first Cabinet; in New York City. In 1956, as Governor of the Constitution State, Ribicoff suspended 10,346 driver's licenses--compared with 372 in the previous year--to curb speeding; as a Senator, he combatted de facto desegregation in the North. Ribicoff prized civility, but his career was branded by a fiery, televised image of him on the podium at the 1968 Democratic Convention, railing against the "Gestapo tactics" of Chicago's police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Mar. 9, 1998 | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

Kofi Annan isn't the first statesman to try to broker a last-minute peace. Here are some past attempts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Mar. 2, 1998 | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

Thomas J. Vallely, a Massachusetts state legislator who sought O'Neill's seat in 1986, attributes the former speaker's political dominance simply to his character and stature as an American statesman...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Eighth District: A Land of Legends | 2/25/1998 | See Source »

Pope John Paul II and Cuba's Fidel Castro are a harmony of opposites--the statesman and the politician [WORLD, Jan. 26]. They have placed in view their respective dogmas, which are in collision. Both claim commitment to social justice in a world at peace. The Pope relies on engagement and evangelization to propagate his religious faith. Castro resorts to oppression to impose policy. JOHN J. KARAKASH Bethlehem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 16, 1998 | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

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