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11. Condoleeza Rice
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10. Joseph Lister
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9. Steve Gleason
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8. Ahmed Shah Massoud
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7. Haing S. Ngor
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6. Raymond Spruance
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5. Prudence Bushnell
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4. Stanislav Petrov
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3. Sal Castro
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