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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Britney Spears

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Her career went up like a rocket, selling more albums faster than just about any female pop star in history. This year, it fell back to Earth with a sickening crash. Reeling from rehab to courtroom to nightclub to jail, Spears disintegrated so completely that what once was unimaginable entered the realm of possibility: We almost felt sorry for her.

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