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| | TIME 100: Ho Chi Minh |
 | | An emaciated, goateed figure in a threadbare bush jacket and frayed rubber sandals, Ho Chi Minh cultivated the image of a humble, benign "Uncle Ho." But he was a seasoned revolutionary and passionate nationalist obsessed by a single goal: independence for his country. |
 | | Ho Chi Minh, founder and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Communist North, is shown on Aug. 11, 1965 |
 | | But, as Ho's brilliant commander, General Vo Nguyen Giap, told me in Hanoi in 1990, his principal concern had been victory. |
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