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I left Gorbachev's office thinking that everything about him was outsized: his achievements, his mistakes, and, now, his vanity and bitterness.

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David Remnick
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 29
Contributing Editor
Editor
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Hackensack
New Jersey
Everything
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Vanity
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