The World's Most Influential People 2008, The TIME 100

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The World's Most Influential People

Our fifth annual list of the world's most influential people: leaders, thinkers, heroes, artists, scientists and more ...

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Complete List:

Leaders & Revolutionaries

Heroes & Pioneers

Scientists & Thinkers

Artists & Entertainers

Builders & Titans

About TIME:

TIME magazine: Major U.S. weekly newsmagazine, published in New York City. It was founded in 1923 by Henry R. Luce (as business manager) and Briton Hadden (as editor).

It became the most influential newsmagazine in the U.S., with a format of short articles arranged in subject "departments," which became the standard for later general newsmagazines. After Hadden's death in 1929, Luce was long the magazine's guiding force, and it reflected his moderately conservative political viewpoint. By the 1970s it had assumed a more neutral, centrist stance in its reportage.

In addition to the U.S. circulation, editions are published in Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific.

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