Choosing TIME's Man of the Year always gives us a chance to step back from the weekly surge of events and put the year in perspective. This year brought us a national election, but it also brought a medical breakthrough not nearly so well publicized: a significant advance in the battle against AIDS, pioneered by a scientist named David Ho. Says managing editor Walter Isaacson: "Dr. Ho did not make the most headlines, but he helped make history. We'll look back on 1996 as the year when we finally made progress against a plague that has been frightening the world for...
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