<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Gorbachev, Mikhail Mikhail Gorbachev (2) </Th> <Td> Born in 1931 </Td> <Td> Acknowledged as "Man of the Decade". Gorbachev, as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Soviet leader), oversaw 1989's first free Soviet elections before the fragmentation of the Eastern Bloc . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Bush, George H.W. George H.W. Bush </Th> <Td> Born in 1924 </Td> <Td> As President of the United States, Bush oversaw U.S. involvement in the Gulf War (1990--1991). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Turner, Ted Ted Turner </Th> <Td> Born in 1938 </Td> <Td> Founder of CNN . The piece particularly highlighted CNN's coverage of Operation Desert Storm and the Gulf War, proclaiming it "History as it happens". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Clinton, Bill Bill Clinton </Th> <Td> Born in 1946 </Td> <Td> Clinton was elected President of the United States in 1992, defeating incumbent President George H.W. Bush . </Td> </Tr>

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