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...Sonny Bono, the former pop star who went on to a national political career, died in a skiing accident yesterday afternoon. Bono, 62, skiing alone on the slopes in South Lake Tahoe, slammed into a tree and sustained fatal head and neck injuries, an accident that eerily echoes the death last week of Michael Kennedy...
...mentality at work here, looking for jobs that do good. Yes, we thought then and continue to think that even lawyers are in the business of changing the world for the better, which is why so many of us specialize in public policy, criminal defense and pro bono work. Ingrid Olsen-Tjensvold, counsel to the Cortland County, N.Y., department of social services, is deeply rewarded by "having a hand in keeping children safe from harm." Margaret Brown White works with the worst of the mentally ill and finds it "rather extraordinary work," a compelling witness to "the effort, against such...
Beyond the specific options associated with the not-for-profit community, the Forum provides a chance to learn about the for profit community as well. Do the employers engage in community or public service? Do they encourage pro bono work among their staff? Have students come to work with them and then used the skills they developed to move into leadership roles in the not-for-profit or international service arenas? Can two years with a consulting organization lead to graduate education in fields other than business school? Where have their alumni(ae) gone? The reality is that many individuals...
Getting medical supplies into Bosnia is one thing, but getting a 40-ft. motorized lemon-disco-ball spaceship into Sarajevo is another. But U2 managed to pull it off--with the U.N.'s help--when the band, fulfilling a promise made by lead singer and honorary Bosnian citizen BONO, staged a full PopMart concert in the city, which doesn't even have running water 24 hours a day. "We offered them a scratch gig, a benefit concert, and they didn't want that. They wanted PopMart," says Bono. "They've a mad sense of humor." The concert didn...
...What really hurts, of course, is the $40 million in monthly tax revenues withheld by Israel, leaving the better part of the Palestinian Authority working pro bono. A defiant Arafat said exactly that on Thursday in a speech to some Israeli Arabs in Ramallah. "You have 220,000 Palestinians who are not able to bring food to their families...