Word: statesmen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what they said and did, men were still, as in the aftershock of a great wound, bemused and only semi-articulate, whether they were soldiers or scientists, or great statesmen, or the simplest of men. But in the dark depths of their minds and hearts, huge forms moved and silently arrayed themselves: Titans, arranging out of the chaos an age in which victory was already only the shout of a child in the street...
...city; it peered and pried everywhere, and its somewhat watery gaze was often unflattering. Good-looking women turned into witches and dapper men became unshaven bums. Under TV's merciless, close-up stare, the demagogues and players-to-the-gallery did not always succeed in looking like statesmen. Besides exposing the politicians' worst facial expressions, the camera caught occasional telltale traces of boredom, insincerity and petulance...
...which we will name the 100 most influential people of the 20th century, we decided it might be fun to create a poll on our Internet site www.time.com and invite visitors to register their nominations. Over the next two years, you can suggest candidates in five categories (Warriors & Statesmen, Entertainers & Artists, Builders & Titans, Scientists & Healers, and Heroes & Adventurers). The sixth and final issue in this series, which will be launched next April and will be accompanied by documentaries on CBS, will name the Person of the Century...
Little did we know how popular our poll would become. It got off to a fast start last June, drawing some predictable nominees: Winston Churchill for Statesmen, Albert Einstein for Scientists. Since we didn't redirect the votes into appropriate categories, the proposals were not always logical; for a while, Madonna led F.D.R. for Warriors & Statesmen. That's the Internet...
...name the founder of the Republic of Turkey as TIME's Person of the Century. As of last week, Ataturk's tally was closing in on 1.7 million, out of a total of 5 million votes cast. And before we consolidated his votes into the two most appropriate slots (Statesmen and Heroes), he was leading the field in all five categories...