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Person of the Year 2007
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Person of the Year 2007
- Choosing Order Before Freedom
- A Tsar Is Born
- A Bible, But No E-mail
- In Search of Russia's Big Idea
- And Moscow Makes Me Sing And Shout
- Kissinger on Putin: "He Thinks He is a Reformer"
- His Place in History
- Russia Needs Putin
- Putin's Future: Less KGB, More MBA
- Putin Q&A: Full Transcript
Runners-Up
- Al Gore
- The Gore Interview
- J.K. Rowling
- Rowling Answers 10 Questions About Harry
- Hu Jintao
- David Petraeus
People Who Mattered
- Judd Apatow
- Eduardo Arias
- Wesley Autry
- Billiam the YouTube Snowman
- Barry Bonds
- Burmese Monks
- David Chase
- Hugo Chavez
- Miley Cyrus
- Elizabeth Edwards
- Robert Gates
- Alberto Gonzales
- Conn and Hal Iggulden
- Don Imus
- The Jena 6
- Bobby Jindal
- Angela Merkel
- Yue Minjun
- Angelo Mozilo
- Rupert Murdoch
- Obama and Clinton
- Ron Paul
- Erik Prince
- Radiohead
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- John Smeaton
- Britney Spears
- Junying Yu, James Thomson and Shinya Yamanaka
Fond Farewell
- Ingmar Bergman 1918-2007
- Liz Claiborne 1929-2007
- Jerry Falwell 1933-2007
- Steve Fossett 1944-2007
- Robert Goulet 1933-2007
- Merv Griffin 1925-2007
- David Halberstam 1934-2007
- Lady Bird Johnson 1912-2007
- Yolanda King 1955-2007
- Evel Knievel 1938-2007
- Madeleine L'Engle 1918-2007
- Norman Mailer 1923-2007
- Marcel Marceau 1923-2007
- Tammy Faye Messner 1942-2007
- Luciano Pavarotti 1935-2007
- Phil Rizzuto 1917-2007
- Max Roach 1924-2007
- Anita Roddick 1942-2007
- Arthur Schlesinger 1917-2007
- Sidney Sheldon 1917-2007
- Beverly Sills 1929-2007
- Anna Nicole Smith 1967-2007
- Kurt Vonnegut 1922-2007
- Kurt Waldheim 1918-2007
- Bill Walsh 1931-2007
- Boris Yeltsin 1931-2007
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Runner-up
Hu Jintao
China's leader depends on both ancient wisdom and communist doctrine as guides to action
Runner-up
David Petraeus
The commanding general in Iraq fought America's most difficult foreign war — and one at home
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People Who Mattered
The defiant monks of Burma became an online sensation. Rupert Murdoch got the newspaper of his dreams. Barry Bonds broke a historic record, while Britney Spears just broke down. Read about them and others who left their mark on 2007
Fond Farewell
In Tribute
Evel Knievel, Norman Mailer, Lady Bird Johnson, Max Roach, Ingmar Bergman, Beverly Sills, Yolanda King, Robert Goulet, Phil Rizzuto and many others left us—but not before making a distinct impression
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TIME's Interview with Vladimir Putin
At his dacha outside Moscow, the Russian President spoke candidly about corruption, religion and how he thinks the war in Iraq should end
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Russia & China: A Common Cause
Should the two giants stand against the U.S. together? How long can Russia control nearly one-third of the Asian continent while its population dwindles? Here's a look at the bear and the dragon, side by side
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The Year of Them
You had a great run as Person of the Year 2006. But what have You done for us lately?
It's Payback Time
What will history make of 2007? That a lot of Big People met their match in the Little People
Striving Valiantly
The annual Teddy Awards honor bravery — including that shown every day by those in uniform
Q & A: Talking with Al Gore
The complete transcript of Al Gore's interview with TIME's Bryan Walsh
Person of the Year 2007
TIME's Person of the Year is a clear-eyed recognition of the world as it is and of the most powerful individuals and forces shaping that world—for better or for worse
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- What J.K. Rowling Wrought
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