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Ueberroth, concluded Ajemian, needs to be in charge, but he is also quite capable of flexibility. When TIME Special Projects Art Director Tom Bentkowski, who designed the Man of the Year section along with Deputy Art Director Irene Ramp, and Photographer Eddie Adams rang the doorbell at Ueberroth's home in Emerald Bay, Calif., for a 6 a.m. photo session, their sleepy subject came to the door bewildered. There had been confusion over the date. Would Ueberroth pose anyway? He paused for a moment, smiled and asked, "Well, could you just give me a few minutes to shave?" Shortly thereafter, Adams and Ueberroth were on the beach watching the sunrise, a dawn encounter that produced the portrait that appears on pages 32 and 33--and that showed again that TIME's Man of the Year knows how to get the job done.