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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 2, Rounds 2-3: man    
   03 May 22 04:54:14   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 2 - History - Time Man of the Years   
      
   > This round is about people who have been "Time" magazine's   
   > "Man of the Year" *twice*.  Given the years and maybe another   
   > clue, identify the person.  Except as otherwise noted, all were   
   > [1] male, [2] American, and [3] politicians (or might be considered   
   > politicians), in both years.  Non-Americans are identified here   
   > only by continent.   
      
   > 1. 1943 (not then a politician) and 1947.   
      
   George Marshall   
      
   > 2. 1939 and 1942, European.   
      
   Hitler   
      
   > 3. 1940 and 1949, European.   
      
   Churchill   
      
   > 4. 1944 (not then a politician) and 1959.   
      
   Eisenhower   
      
   > 5. 1964 and 1967.   
      
   Lyndon Johnson   
      
   > 6. 1987 and 1989, European.   
      
   Gorbachev   
      
   > 7. 1978 and 1985, Asian.   
      
   Deng Xiaopeng   
      
   > 8. 1980 and 1983.   
      
   Ronald Reagan   
      
   > 9. 1992 and 1998.   
      
   Bill Clinton   
      
   > 10. 1945 and 1948.   
      
   Truman   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 3 - Literature - Children's Stories   
      
   > 1. "Matilda", "Fantastic Mr. Fox", "James and the Giant Peach".   
      
   Roald Dahl   
      
   > 2. "Stuart Little", "The Trumpet of the Swan", "Charlotte's Web".   
      
   E. B. White   
      
   > 3. "Thumbelina", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Ugly Duckling".   
      
   Hans Christian Andersen   
      
   > 4. "The Bad Beginning", "The Ersatz Elevator", "The Penultimate   
   >    Peril".   
      
   Lemony Snicket   
      
   > 5. "The Giving Tree", "Where the Sidewalk Ends", "A Light in   
   >    the Attic".   
      
   Shel Silverstein   
      
   > 7. "The Very Lonely Firefly", "The Grouchy Ladybug", "The Very   
   >    Hungry Caterpillar".   
      
   Eric Carle   
      
   > 8. "The Tale of Pigling Brand", "The Tale of Tom Kitten",   
   >    "The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies".   
      
   Beatrix Potter   
      
   > 9. "If I Ran the Zoo", "Bartholomew and the Oobleck", "Yertle the   
   >    Turtle and Other Stories".   
      
   Dr. Seuss   
      
   > 10. "Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or: There Must be More to Life",   
   >    "Mommy?", "Where the Wild Things Are".   
      
   Maurice Sendak   
      
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