TIME 100: Who Should Be the Person of the Century?

TIME's continuing series of special issues on the 100 most influential people of the 20th century will culminate in December, when we will name a single figure as the Person of the Century. To help the magazine's editors make the choice, we are asking a select group of people to tell us whom they would pick. Here are the latest intriguing nominations:

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

A great enterprise encountered severe and prolonged difficulties. Employees were laid off, factories shuttered; morale and confidence were at an incredible low. A new CEO took over. He started working on a turnaround. He took dramatic...

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