Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think Time has always stated that "Man of the Year" honours carried no implications of "greatness", only that the person was the most influential person of the year. I'm certain that Hitler had quite a few years in which his influence over world events was substantial. Stalin as well. dan c. At 09:09 AM 16-02-01 -0500, Edward Birch wrote: >> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 01:19:42 -0000 >> From: "Hugo Lopes" <hal@netc.pt> >> Subject: [Leica] Re: Nazi Paraphernalia >> Message-ID: <00f301c097b6$ab181c60$eca912d4@hugo> >> References: <200102151833.KAA24378@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > ><snip> - - Do you read Newsweek? (They elected Hitler man of the year in >36)<snip>... > >Uh...that was *Time* magazine, and the year was 1938, man of the year for >Hitler. > >Interestingly, another butcher, Stalin, was twice Time magazine man of the >year 1939 and 1942. > > >Ed Birch, Pennsylvania. R5, M6, M3, and wartime IIIC. > >