Time's 2007
Person of the Year: Vladimir Putin
Time magazine has named former
Russian President Vladimir Putin the 2007 "Person of the Year".
Time
Magazine named the "former" Russian President and future Prime
Minister Vladimir Putin the 2007 Person of the Year. "No one
is born with a stare like Vladimir Putin's. The Russian
President's pale blue eyes are so cool, so devoid of emotion
that the stare must have begun as an affect, the gesture of
someone who understood that power might be achieved by the
suppression of ordinary needs, like blinking. The affect is now
seamless, which makes talking to the Russian President not just
exhausting but often chilling. It's a gaze that says, I'm in
charge," writes Time Magazine about the 2007 Person of the
Year.
Vladimir Putin was chosen by the magazine
out of eight candidates and is sure to put a dent in the odds
makers pockets. As we reporter earlier in the week, the online
sportsbook
Bodog Sports had odds on who
will become the Time's 2007 Person of the Year and Vladimir
Putin was listed with the long-shot odds of 11/1, meaning the
bookie will now payout 11 for every 1 bet. The favorite was Al
Gore, listed with odds 10/11, followed by J.K. Rowling. Vladimir
Putin had the worst odds on becoming the Person of the Year,
along with Hu Jintao, both listed at 11/1. In typical Putin-style,
underdog is not what it used to be.
Published on
12/19/2007
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