Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues an even longer run, ranked in the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll as the most admired woman for the ninth straight year. Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin is second, as she was in 2009…
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Not on either top-10 list: A Supreme Court justice, current senator or congressman, athlete or scientist.
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck edges ahead of the Dalai Lama, who ranks 10th. Gates, a philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, stands just behind South African icon Nelson Mandela and just before Pope Benedict XVI.
Evangelist Billy Graham, tied for sixth, has made the top 10 every year the survey has been taken since 1955.
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