Letters, Dec. 8, 1958

Man of the Year

Sir:

Standing a tall, intellectual head above all other candidates is Boris Pasternak. If one man, standing alone, can create a situation almost beyond their control, what hope have Communists against the rising legion of such courageous truth-seekers?

DAVID DICKLER

Brooklyn

Sir:

King Hussein of Jordan! No man has shown greater personal courage during this year—and against such heavy odds.

HAMEED NIZAMI

Lahore, Pakistan

Sir:

Nelson Rockefeller. He reversed the Democratic trend and, I hope, instituted a new type of Republicanism.

GEORGE E. SLOTKIN

Buffalo

Sir:

The title of Man of the...

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