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11-January-1999 
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    Pope John Paul II, Billy Graham Rank 
    Second And Third "Most Admired" 
 
    by Religion News Service 
 
WASHINGTON-Pope John Paul II and evangelist Billy Graham were named the 
second 
and third "most admired" men in a Gallup Poll that ranked President Clinton 
at the top of the list. 
 
    Clinton was named by 18 percent of those surveyed Dec. 28 and 29, 
marking the sixth straight year he has received the designation.  In 1997, 
he was named by 14 percent of those polled, USA Today reported. 
 
    The pope received more votes in 1998, when 7 percent named him, 
compared to 5 percent doing so in 1997. 
 
    Evangelist Billy Graham was cited by 5 percent of those polled. 
 
    The rest of the top 10 most admired men were: Chicago Bulls basketball 
star Michael Jordan (4 percent); Sen. John Glenn of Ohio (3 percent); 
retired Gen.Colin Powell (3 percent); former presidents Ronald Reagan (3 
percent) and George Bush (3 percent); South African President Nelson 
Mandela (2 percent) and computer software billionaire Bill Gates (2 
percent). 
 
    Although presidents usually are named as the most admired men in such 
surveys, there have been exceptions to that rule. 
 
    Pope John Paul II ranked first in the survey for 1980, when President 
Jimmy Carter was in his last year in office.  And in 1973 and 1974, the 
last two years of Richard Nixon's presidency, the top two names were 
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Graham. 
 
    The telephone survey was based on interviews with 1,005 randomly 
selected adults.  The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points. 

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