Word: understood
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...tough section of Harrisburg, Pa. "I saw a guy who had made some mistakes but was willing to fight it out," Green says of his decision to draft Moss. "Being an inner-city guy myself and having to fight for everything I've ever had, I felt that I understood him." Moss says he's already picked up one valuable lesson from his new boss: "Just stay humble and focus and concentrate on football." If Moss can pull that off, both he and Green may finally enjoy some redemption...
Henry Luce, the founder of this magazine, is to me a towering figure of this century because he understood these two strands: the value of a citizenry that shared a common ground of information, but also the individual empowerment that comes from new ways of disseminating ideas. That is one reason we wrestled (trying to ignore our own conflict of interest) with putting him on this list. Though he didn't get on in the end, his spirit permeates this issue and the entire TIME 100 series, which is guided by another of his principles: telling the history...
Rafael Moneo, Pritzker Prize winner and architect for the new extension to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts: "The Library at Alexandria [in Egypt]. I very much would like to see how people in those years understood what an active public space should...
...Iacocca decided against it, realizing he would never have the patience required to deal with Congress. Compromising to achieve consensus wasn't his long suit, he told me. It would be good if others seeking the presidency, such as Ross Perot and son-of-a-businessman Steve Forbes, better understood this handicap...
...also learned that a commitment to service is better understood as a commitment to people, and that it requires not only dedication, but the ability to adapt to and understand the real needs of others...