Person of the Year 2007

His final year as Russia's President has been his most successful yet. At home, he secured his political future. Abroad, he expanded his outsize—if not always benign—influence on global affairs

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'I got to entertain, kid. Any way I can.'

His rolling baritone and suave good looks made him a star of Broadway, Vegas, movies, radio and TV—for five decades. Aware that his type of fame, old-school and easily parodied, was unusual, he enjoyed it to the fullest, enthusiastically joining in the fun while still scoring all the best tables in town.

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