ag5@pucc-k (Henry Mensch) (01/03/85)
<<>> I just visited the Public Library in the area and noticed that Time Magazine had chosen Peter Ueberroth (Chairman of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee) as their *Man of the Year*. My personal feeling was: fine, he did a great job of staging the summer Olympics (without a deficit, even) but that isn't *Man of the Year* material. What I was more interested in is who the folks on the net should be *Man of the Year*. So I'm conducting a little survey; the one question is: Who should be USENET's *Person of the Year*, and why? Please mail your responses to me at one of the paths shown below, and please keep them short. I will wait until 1 February to post a summary of these responses to this newsgroup.. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry C. Mensch | User Confuser | Purdue University User Services {ihnp4|decvax|ucbvax|purdue|uiucdcs|cbosgd|harpo}!pur-ee!pucc-i!ag5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you can't be good, be careful. If you can't be careful, give me a call..."
john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) (01/09/85)
<<< The same arguments were made when time chose Hitler as its man of the year. They responded that the award is not for doing great things but rather for being the years top newsmaker. After all they are in the news business. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john
ag5@pucc-k (Henry Mensch) (01/15/85)
<<>> I just visited the Public Library in the area and noticed that Time Magazine had chosen Peter Ueberroth (Chairman of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee) as their *Man of the Year*. My personal feeling was: fine, he did a great job of staging the summer Olympics (without a deficit, even) but that isn't *Man of the Year* material. What I was more interested in is who the folks on the net should be *Man of the Year*. So I'm conducting a little survey; the one question is: Who should be USENET's *Person of the Year*, and why? Please mail your responses to me at one of the paths shown below, and please keep them short. I will wait until 1 February to post a summary of these responses to this newsgroup.. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry C. Mensch | User Confuser | Purdue University User Services {ihnp4|decvax|ucbvax|purdue|uiucdcs|cbosgd|harpo}!pur-ee!pucc-i!ag5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ". . . he wasn't festive but was probably ambidextrous"
ag5@pucc-k (Henry Mensch) (01/25/85)
<<no quotes in this item>> This is your *last* chance to get votes in for Usenet's *Person of the year.* The final day for votes to be recorded is 1 February 1985. Keep those cards and letters coming in ... -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry C. Mensch | User Confuser | Purdue University User Services {ihnp4|decvax|ucbvax|purdue|uiucdcs|cbosgd|harpo}!pur-ee!pucc-i!ag5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Shooting stars never stop even when they reach the top."