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Predict Time's Person
of the Year
Last
updated: Dec. 9, 2002
 THE
CONTEST: You predict who Time magazine editors will pick as the "Person
of the Year." Not who you WANT it to be, who it WILL be.
Henry Luce's criteria: "The person or persons who most affected
the news of our lives, for good or ill, this year"
2002
Contest
Fill in form for contest by clicking
here.
Read story
about Time's announcement of a "short list" - first time
in 75 years.
Deadline: Dec. 10, 2002
Prize: one thoughtfully chosen book, shipped anywhere in the world.
Additional tiebreaker criterion - earliest entry!
New site:
Time's
2001 pick: Rudy Giuliani
Time's rationale: "...for having more faith in us than we had in
ourselves, for being brave when required and rude where appropriate
and tender without being trite, for not sleeping and not quitting and
not shrinking from the pain all around him, Rudy Giuliani, Mayor of
the World, is TIME's 2001 Person of the Year." See full
story.
Of the
224 people who entered, more than 60 guessed right. The winner was selected
based on the the 25-word sentence that each player wrote.
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2001
The Players
Total: 224
Cities represented: 55
Countries represented: 13 (Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Haiti, India,
Japan, Pakistan, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, UK, UAE, USA)
Grand Prize
winner (one thoughtfully chosen book):
Diane Brady, NYC
"He might be a philanderer and a bully but Rudy showed compassion
and grit when the world needed it most."
Runner
Up:
Seema Haria, NYC
"When he was needed the most, he stepped up to the plate...and
hit a home run."
Funniest
Answer:
Marisa Kakoulas, Liege, Belgium
"Nostradamus said so."
Funniest Answer from a Former Student:
Eliot Williams, NYC
"I think it should be Osama bin Laden but don't think Time
would have the guts to put him on the cover. Rudy is a safer bet.
And sorry I missed the f***ing deadline, Sree."
Candidates
for Jobs at Rudy's New Consulting Firm:
Caroline Callahan, NYC:
"Because he IS the man of the year, if not the century!"
Tina Biswas,
Edison, NJ:
Rudy is the bomb... he rocks my world!"
Disclaimer:
This is an independent contest run by sree.net and has no affiliation
with Time or Goat
Cheese Marketers Monthly.
2002
Contest
Fill in form for 2002 contest by clicking
here.
Deadline: Dec. 10, 2002
Additional tiebreaker criterion - earliest entry!
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2001
Most Common
Nominations
Percentages
Rudy
Giuliani: 29
Osama bin Laden: 27
George W. Bush: 13
About five percent
(variations)
Firefighters, cops, victims at Ground Zero
The Terrorists
Heroes of Flight 93
Bush
and bin Laden jointly
Uncommon
Suggestions
Day of the Year, Sept. 11: J.R. Wenzig, Pittsburgh
God:
Ben Silverman, NYC
Religion of the Year, Islam: Ramesh Shah, Miami
Britney Spears: Joe Marren, Buffalo, NY
Harry Potter: Sandy Edry
Arundhati Roy: Mark Hand, Arlington, VA
How the winner was chosen:
Since there were 60+ tied players, it came down to the 25-word
sentences that all the players submitted. Sree
and Roopa Unnikrishnan,
in a very subjective process, read through these sentences and
picked the winner. One lesson learned: too many excellent answers
exceeded the 25 word limit!
Press Reaction
to Time's Selection:
Associated Press: "Giuliani
Named Time's Person of the Year"
Times of India editorial: "Time
& Again"
The Australian: "A
Squandered Opportunity to Give A Devil His Due"
BarryLank.com: "There
Was No One 'Person of the Year' "
Los Angeles Times: "Faux
Event of the Year"
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Time
Picks Wrong Man of the Year"
Before the
Selection:
Sacramento Bee: "Osama
- Is He Heading for Cover?"
CNN Money.com: "Voices
on Time's Choices"
Bet You
Didn't Know:
Time
For Kids picked its own Person of the Year (poll of readers)
& the winner: "American Firefighter, Police Officer,
Rescue Worker"
Giuliani finished 8th, behind Harry Potter, Bush, "American
Soldier," Shrek, J.K. Rowling and Barry Bonds. See full
results.
Archive
of all past Man/Person of the Year issues:
http://www.time.com/time/poy2001/covers/twenties.html
Person
of the Century:
Albert
Einstein
Runners-up:
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt & Mohandas
Gandhi
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CONTEST
ARCHIVE
1999
Winners of Sree.net's Contest to pick Time's Person of the Century,
Albert Einstein:
1.
HARRY BRUNIUS, NYC:
In a century defined by its technological and scientific advancements,
he has done more than any other person to change the way we understand
our selves and our universe.
2.
KEVIN SINGER, Jersey City:
This has been a "scientific" century, and his work has influenced everything
from politics to popular culture.
3.
SATHYAN PILLAI, Memphis:
Albert Einstein was the greatest sage, science's poetic soul and the
genius who changed the course of the universe.
A
special prize also goes to TIM TOWNSEND, NYC, for his thesis
on why Alan Thicke should be Person of The Century.
Thanks for playing!
Cheers, Sree
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