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...nononsense, no-holds-barred sense of deep and outspoken conviction. Late in the year many of our letter writers share another trait: they are reviewing the events of the year and choosing their candidates for TIME'S Man of the Year. One of these this year was Finbarr M. Slattery, who is known as "the divil to argue" in his native village, Asdee (pop. 250) in County Kerry, where the Shannon meets...
...Finbarr was sitting before a turf fire when he made his final choice. Said he: "I was reading TIME'S account of the fight the Hungarians were putting up against the Russians. It was deeply moving-one of the finest pieces of reporting I had ever read. I thought of the sacrifices the men and women and children of Hungary were making for freedom. They were a symbol, I thought. And then I remembered that TIME had picked the G.I. in Korea as a symbol, and I knew they must pick a Hungarian now. So I put aside TIME...
...FINBARR M. SLATTERY
...FINBARR M. SLATTERY Asdee, County Kerry, Ireland
...FINBARR M. SLATTERY Asdee, County Kerry, Ireland...