Obama named "Person of the Year" by Time
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Time Magazine has named President-elect Barack Obama Person of the Year 2008
The weekly news magazine said "For having the confidence to sketch an ambitious future in a gloomy hour, and for showing the competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off, the president-elect is TIME's Person of the Year"
US Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the former Republican VP Candidate Sarah Palin and Chinese film director Zhang Yimou are this years runners-up.
There is more on the link below for further information:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear
The weekly news magazine said "For having the confidence to sketch an ambitious future in a gloomy hour, and for showing the competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off, the president-elect is TIME's Person of the Year"
US Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the former Republican VP Candidate Sarah Palin and Chinese film director Zhang Yimou are this years runners-up.
There is more on the link below for further information:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear
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