so this is christmas
and what have you done
another year over
a new one just begun
and so this is christmas
i hope you have fun
the near and the dear ones
the old and the young
a very merry christmas
and a happy new year
let's hope it's a good one
without any fear
and so this is christmas (war is over...)
for weak and for strong (...if you want it)
the rich and the poor ones
the road is so long
and so happy christmas
for black and for white
for the yellow and red ones
let's all stop the fight (2x)
a very merry christmas
and a happy new year
lets hope it's a good one
without any fear
so this is christmas
and what have you done
war is over - if you want it
war is over - if you want it
war is over - if you want it
war is over - if you want it
算吧la! 我們似乎還能在 小朋友眼中看見希望 [香港一定得]```吹漲!
明天 [多數是晴天]~梁靜茹 [開心又過一日 唔開心又過一日]~阿牛
once again, let me said one more wishes to all I knew : Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
PERSONS of the Year 2002 (The Whistle-Blowers)
Cynthia Cooper, Sherron Watkins and Coleen Rowley (for discover the dark side / by risking everything to blow the whistle at
WorldCom, Enron and the FBI respectively...
Person of the Year ～ Complete List From 1927-2001
2000s
2001: Rudolph Giuliani ` New York mayor leads with his heart after 9/11 attacks
"We have never been braver. We have never been stronger."
2000: George W. Bush ` 41's son elected President in the most controversial fashion
"You cannot win an office if your heart is set on revenge... I am not a revengful person." ???
*Person of the Century ` Albert Einstein ` Greatest mind in an age of science*
"A spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe in the face of which we ,with our modest powers, must feel humble." ~ Albert Einstein
1990s
1999: Jeff Bezos ` Amazon.com founder changed face of business
"There's a 70% chance you're going to lose all your money, so don't invest unless you can afford to."
1998: Bill Clinton/Kenneth Starr ` President, independent counselor waged public battle
1997: Andy Grove ` Intel CEO helps led digital revolution
"Technology happens. It's not goood or bad. Is steel good or bad?"
1996: David Ho (何大一） ` AIDS researcher pioneered treatment for deadly disease
"Th softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world." ~Laotsz ~老子[以至柔剋至剛]
1995: Newt Gingrich ` Speaker of the House spearheaded G.O.P.'s sweeping congressional victory
"My strength - and my weakness - is that I see normally impersonal events vididly and personally."
1994: John Paul II ` Pope traveled the globe to express his conservative views
"It is a mistake to apply American democratic procedures to the faith and the truth. You cannot take a vote on the truth."
1993: The Peacemakers ~ Mandela, De Klerk, Rabin and Arafat ` found ways to break out from prisons of war
" I've said more than once, we make peace with enemies, sometimes with bitter enemies." ` Yitzhak Rabin
1992: Bill Clinton ` Wonder boy from Hope, Ark., broke 12 years of G.O.P. control of White House
1991: Ted Turner ` His Cable News Network revolutionized news coverage
"We [CNN] don't throw money around like the networks. But who's expanding and who's shrinking?"
1990: George Bush ` President acted decisively abroad; waffles at home (The 2 George Bushes)
"This will not stand, this aggression against Kuwait." "Read my lips - no new taxes."
1980s
1989: Mikhail Gorbachev ` "Man of the Decade" became patron of change
1988: The Endangered Earth ` Jumpstarted a new era of environmental activism
"No more can thinking people take this little planet... as an infinite provider of resources." ~ Preston Cloud, Geologist
1987: Mikhail Gorbachev ` Shattered Soviet lethargy
1986: Corazon Aquino ` Led peaceful revolution that ended Marcos years in Philippines (Woman of the Year ~ Philppine President)
"My husband used to say that the sad part of the imposition of material law was that the Filipino people no longer believed in traditional institutions"
1985: Deng Xiaoping (鄧小平) ` Reshaped China by embracing free-market reforms
1984: Peter Ueberroth ` Married Big Business to the Olympics with profitable L.A. Games
"I hope the [Olympic torch] run would unify the country. People eren't afraid to stand u and cheer for the country. And the rest of the world saw how caring America can be"
1983: Ronald Reagan/Yuri Andropov ` Deadlock failed to de-escalate cold war missile race
1982: The Computer ` TIME anticipated a revolution
1981: Lech Walesa ` Solidarity leader struck first blows against Kremlin's empire
"I know that I will lose today, and that tomorrow will be a victory."
1980: Ronald Reagan ` Americas leaned right, and The Great Communicator was born
"Nature was trying to tell me something. Namely, my heart is a ham loaf."
1970s
1979: Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini ` Rarely has so improbable a leader shaken the world
"The Shah squandered all our resources - our national dignity, our natural assets, the talents of our youths..."
1978: Teng Hsiao-p'ing (鄧小平) ` Brought stability to China, long racked by extremism (Vision of New China)
1977: Anwar Sadat ` Dared greatly with surprise peace gambit and trip to Israel
"We have our differences with Isrealis, but the most unfortunate thing is the differences among ourselves in the Arab world."
1976: Jimmy Carter ` Played outsider status into successful run for White House
1975: U.S. Women ` Refusing to play second-fiddle, women asserted their equality
"The sky above us lifts, the light pours in. No maps exist for this enlarged world We must make them as we explore." Critic Elizabeth Janeway
1974: King Faisal ` Saudi led OPEC price hikes that roiled world markets
1973: Judge Sirica ` Broke Watergate open by pursuing truth in the White House
1972: Nixon/Kissinger ` Master diplomats talked detente with U.S.S.R., visited Mao
"The Americans ove the cowboy who omes into town all alone on his horse...
This romantic and surprising character suits me because being alone has always been part of my style." H. Kissinger
1971: Richard Nixon ` Opened China's door, devalued dollar, quelled antiwar protest
1970: Willy Brandt ` West German tried to bring about enlarged, united Western Europe
1960s
1969: Middle Class (The Middle Americans) ` Their silent but newly felt presence began to shape course of nation
~The times they weren't a-changin' as the 60's wore out their welcome~
1968: U.S. Astronauts ` Led the way as race to moon enters final lap
" The earth from here is a grand ovation to the big vastness of space."
1967: Lyndon Johnson ` Vietnam turned him from architect of social reform into embattled leader
1966: Young People ` They shook up society, trusted no one over 30 (25 and Under)
"This generation has no utopia. Its idea is the Happening. Let it be cincerte, let it be vivid, let it be personal. Let it be now!"
~ Buell Gallager ~ President, City College if New York.
1965: Gen. William Westmoreland ` Oversaw struggling U.S. grunts in Vietnam
"The job isn't over yet, and unless it was beyond my control, I have neer left any job that I hadn't finished."
1964: Lyndon Johnson ` President began to forge his Great Society
1963: Martin Luther King, Jr. ` Led civil rights cause by arming troops with dreams and oratory
"Get the weapon of nonviolence... the armor of truth, and just keep marching."
1962: Pope John XXIII ` Opened the windows of his age-old Church, sparks revolution
" I always remained an optimst, because that is my nature, even when I hear near my deep concern over the fate of mankind"
1961: John F. Kennedy ` Won battle for White House against Richard Nixon in squeaker
"This job s interesting, but the possibilities for trouble are unlimited. It's been a tough first year."
1960: U.S. Scientists ` Scored inpressive gains while struggling to keep pace with Soviets
1950s
1959: Dwight D. Eisenhower ` Rallied NATO allies by facing up to high-flying Khrushchev
1958: Charles De Gaulle ` Crisis in Algeria brought WWII hero back to power in France
1957: Nikita Khrushchev ` Scored an immense propaganda victory over U.S. with launch of Sputnik
1956: Hungarian Patriot ` Launched first revolt behind Soviet's "Iron Curtain"
"We intellectuals are paid to lie about the regime. The workers know we lie, and so they hate us. But the truth is, we hate ourselves for lying." ~ Rebelilled in Hanguay
1955: Harlow H. Curtice ` Helped steer U.S. into new age of wide-open affluence
1954: John Foster Dulles ` Secretary of State brought "brinksmanship" to cold war lexicon
1953: Konrad Adenauer ` Forced war-shattered West Germany to face the future
1952: Queen Elizabeth II ` Her coronation ushered in a new era for Britain
"My whole life, whether it be long or short , shall be devoted to your service and the service and the service of our geat imperial family" ` 1947
1951: Mohammed Mossadegh ` Rallied short-lived anti-Western government in Iran
1950: G.I. Joe ` Marched into history as cold war heats up in Korea (The U.S. Fighting Man)
"I keep thinking of my three kids at home and hope somebody would take care if them, if what is happening here should happen in America." ~ American G.I. in Korea
1940s
1949: Winston Churchill ` Named Man of the Half-Century
"I didn't become Prime Minister to preside over the liquidatio of the British Empire."
1948: Harry S. Truman ` "Gave 'em hell" with stunning victory over Tom Dewey
"I was not brought up to run from a fight."
1947: George Marshall ` Secretary of State oversaw visionary Marshall Plan
1946: James F. Byrnes ` First Secretary of State to face the cold war
1945: Harry Truman ` Answered critics and proved his mettle
"Last night the moon, the stars and all the planets fell on me. If you fellows ever pray, pray for me" said after F.D.R. death
1944: Dwight D. Eisenhower ` Rolled back Germans after leading Allies into France
" I call upon every man of the Allies to rise now to new heights of courage, of resolution and of effort."
1943: Gen. George Marshall ` Oversaw vast war effort on two fronts
1942: Joseph Stalin ` The U.S.'s new ally in war against Hitler
1941: Franklin D. Roosevelt ` Faced two potent foes after preparing reluctant U.S. for battle
"We, too, are born to freedom, and believingin freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom"
1940: Winston Churchill ` Britain stood firm against Hitler, who conquered five nations
"You ask, what is our aim? I can answer you in one word: it is victory. Victory at all costs."
1930s
1939: Joseph Stalin ` Paved the way for Hitler's war by signing secret pact with old enemy
"Ivan the terrible was right. You can't rule Russia without a secret police."
1938: Adolf Hitler ` His figure strode over Europe with all the swagger of a conqueror
"The great masses of people... will more easily fall victims to big lie than to a small one."
1937: Gen. and Mme. Chang Kai-Shek (蔣介石伉儷) ` Japan's invasion of China imperiled them
as "Man and Woman of the Year"
" The tide of battle is and victory eventually will be ours!" Chiang Kai-Shek
1936: Wallis Simpson ` Shook the British crown with her new husband, once King Edward VIII
1935: Haile Selassie ` Ethiopia's king fought an incursion by Italy's strongman, Mussolini
1934: Franklin D. Roosevelt ` The President battles the Depression
1933: Hugh Johnson ` National Recovery Administrator works tirelessly to revive America's economy
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt ` Takes over as President for nation facing economic calamity
1931: Pierre Laval ` His energy and vision restored France to the center of world events
1930: Mohandas Gandhi ` The pacifist mobilizes India to pursue its independence
"Indians will stragger humanity without shedding a drop of blood."
1920s
1929: Owen Young ` U.S. businessman chaired second post-war Reparations Conference
1928: Walter Chrysler ` Rocked Detroit by buying Dodge and unveiling a new line, Plymouth
1927: Charles Lindbergh ` His solo New York-Paris flight made him a legend
"In flying I tasted the wine of the gods."
*Before Year 1999, all Person(s) of the Year were named as Man(Men) / Woman(Women) of the Yea
是日今句: "香港地 人情紙咁薄 邊個睇你呀! 有錢(就)有人睇 ... ..."
是日 Boxing Day! 但Boxing Day 冇咩野"box" 喎!
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