Time - USA (2021-12-27)

8 TIME December 27, 2021/January 3, 2022

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The Year In...

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Best of Culture

58

HEROES OF THE YEAR

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ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

80

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

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ENDNOTE

BY WALTER ISAACSON

THE SCIENTISTS WHO CREATED THE

MRNA VACCINES MAY HAVE SAVED THE WORLD

FROM MORE THAN COVID-

BY ALICE PARK AND JAMIE DUCHARME

SIMONE BILES, THE GREATEST GYMNAST OF ALL

TIME, USED HER OLYMPIC PLATFORM

TO SEND A MESSAGE ABOUT WHAT MATTERS

BY ALICE PARK AND SEAN GREGORY

TEENAGER OLIVIA RODRIGO WROTE A

CONFESSIONAL ALBUM IN HER BEDROOM THAT

BECAME THE SOUNDTRACK OF A RAW YEAR

BY LUCY FELDMAN