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...funded mining operation in Peru. Oil companies and industrial giants may be accustomed to such treatment, but not JPMorgan Chase, the second largest bank in the U.S. Two weeks after the protests, the firm announced that it would introduce policies to promote sustainable forestry and indigenous peoples' rights, and block funding that could be used for illegal logging. It also promised to reduce its own, and its clients', carbon emissions. Chalk up another victory for environmentally and socially responsible finance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking The Earth Into Account | 5/1/2005 | See Source »

...favorite part of the film was when Solo and Skywalker break into Detention Block AA23 to rescue Leia. The movie is coiled so tightly at this moment that I would nearly burst from my seat. Han, Luke and Chewbacca dispatch the Imperial soldiers with laser fire, and then Solo answers a beeping intercom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Star Wars Saved My Life | 5/1/2005 | See Source »

...agreement for Snoop Dogg’s appearance in concert at Syracuse—part of the university’s 12th annual Block Party—came about after the rapper’s contract at Harvard fell through due to financial and security concerns...

Author: By Ashton R. Lattimore, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: THE NEWS IN BRIEF: Snoop Dogg To Play at Syracuse Sunday After Harvard Deal Falls Through | 4/29/2005 | See Source »

University Union Concerts—Syracuse’s equivalent to the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC)—originally planned to bring rapper Lloyd Banks to their Block Party celebration this year, but determined in February that it was unable to foot the bill...

Author: By Ashton R. Lattimore, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: THE NEWS IN BRIEF: Snoop Dogg To Play at Syracuse Sunday After Harvard Deal Falls Through | 4/29/2005 | See Source »

...feel that it’ll be really minimal.” He attributes the more welcoming atmosphere to Syracuse’s being “a little more liberal” than Harvard, and very accepting of different kinds of musical entertainment, especially during Block Party...

Author: By Ashton R. Lattimore, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: THE NEWS IN BRIEF: Snoop Dogg To Play at Syracuse Sunday After Harvard Deal Falls Through | 4/29/2005 | See Source »

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