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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From the days of Socrates, societies have wrung their hands over the robustness of their young men. But that anxiety has rarely been as winning as The Dangerous Book for Boys. Two British brothers captured the zeitgeist with their compendium of secret codes, tree-house designs and star charts. There's nothing wrong that muddy fingernails and a skinned knee won't fix!

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