Some People Who Made A Difference in 2007

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Eduardo Arias

Is the little guy powerless in the global economy? Ask this discount-shopping Panamanian who bothered to read his toothpaste label. Among the ingredients, where it should have said "glyercine," Arias spotted the chemical name for antifreeze. Within days he lit the fuse on a scandal of tainted Chinese exports. He might have worked faster if he could afford a car.

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Wesley Autry

Down the tunnel, growing large, was the light of an oncoming subway. On the platform, Cameron Hollopeter, 19, suffered a seizure and tumbled onto the tracks. Other passengers gaped, Autry acted, leaping into the path of the train to pin the young man between the rails. Brakes screeching, the train passed inches over Autry's head. The subway Samaritan emerged dirty, bruised—and a genuine hero.

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Burmese Monks

The military despots of Burma know a lot about raw power, but for a few hopeful days their tyranny was exposed by unarmed men in cinnamon-colored robes. An uprising of monks took to the streets to demand liberty as news of their courage spread via the internet. And though the army quelled the protest with beatings, arrests, and an online crackdown, the world absorbed a timely reminder of the power of moral authority.

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http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/per...1693567,00.html

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Eduardo Arias

Is the little guy powerless in the global economy? Ask this discount-shopping Panamanian who bothered to read his toothpaste label. Among the ingredients, where it should have said "glyercine," Arias spotted the chemical name for antifreeze. Within days he lit the fuse on a scandal of tainted Chinese exports. He might have worked faster if he could afford a car.

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Wesley Autry

Down the tunnel, growing large, was the light of an oncoming subway. On the platform, Cameron Hollopeter, 19, suffered a seizure and tumbled onto the tracks. Other passengers gaped, Autry acted, leaping into the path of the train to pin the young man between the rails. Brakes screeching, the train passed inches over Autry's head. The subway Samaritan emerged dirty, bruised—and a genuine hero.

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Burmese Monks

The military despots of Burma know a lot about raw power, but for a few hopeful days their tyranny was exposed by unarmed men in cinnamon-colored robes. An uprising of monks took to the streets to demand liberty as news of their courage spread via the internet. And though the army quelled the protest with beatings, arrests, and an online crackdown, the world absorbed a timely reminder of the power of moral authority.

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http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/per...1693567,00.html

I know we don't always see eye to eye Steven. But this is a good post!

[almaty 19]

i agree..great htread brother stevie./.