They also picked it because the UN, led by the great, great man Sergio Vieira de Mello, whose death the world should be mourning today, was supporting in every way the Anglo-American policy objectives in Iraq - peace, security, development.
"Those are the kind of things that make a great manager and maybe a great man, " enthused Bellion, who still refers to Ferguson as his "gaffer".
"I travelled the world with him and he was a great man and a great mentor to me and many others, " he added.
However, I also believe that every great leader has a huge bias toward the inside- out, Great Man theory of history and human nature regardless of whether this theory is objectively valid or not.
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"Hans Zimmer has shown himself to be a great man as well as a great composer, " added Chris Lyne.
"It tells me of the great humility of the man, the great sense of duty, but also the great awareness that we are here to do a job, " said Bishop Charles Scicluna, who worked with Ratzinger before he became Pope Benedict XVI, inside the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Cezanne's death created a vacuum and challenge: Who would or could pick up the great man's gauntlet?
Over 20 years he established ties with many of the great man's sidemen, friends and family.
He was a great man, a great leader, a great orator right up there with Winston Churchill.
"What a great man, what a kind spirit, such an incredible producer, " Wonder said.
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Likewise, for all its flaws, Dutch is a fresh look at this great man.
The Sage of Omaha is a great man, but he does not walk on water.
Barely in office, the formerly esteemed Nobel Prize Committee crowned him as a great man.
The United States stands with Poland as it mourns the loss of a great man.
All each one shows is the great man's benevolent face, plus a short slogan.
Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.
Scipio's amanuensis, who is taking the great man's dictation, tells his own story at the same time.
It was from here that the great man plotted the defeat of Britain during the Boer war.
Ms Gereb does not face that fate and she flinches modestly at any comparison to the great man.
In Keynes's day, none of this would have mattered the great man had but one degree, in mathematics.
Jimmy Carter is an idealistic and truly great man who continues to work very hard for his nation.
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If this article seems to favor the great man theory of success over its competitor it was intentional.
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Venter's Great Man act might frustrate those who like their science with a dose of modesty or circumspection.
Join our cause and help America elect a great man as the next president of the United States.
We needed a picture of the planet taken by the machine that now bears the great man's name.
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Jerry was a great man who lived a long and successful professional life.
You could understand his dilem-ma, but it was nevertheless disappointing to hear the great man speak such economic hogwash.
Redeemed by discipline and honor, Algren trains as a samurai and, in the end, fights alongside the great man.
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