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Ireland's druids of drone, U2, go a step further in their concerts: they program and project their own interactive special effects. Bono (or The Edge) will use a remote control to move a cursor (which can be seen on the two huge screens) that allows him to set a song's instruments and tempo. Then the band joins in. The onstage screen shows the choices he has and the decisions he makes. Between songs Bono can regulate four projections of himself; when he clicks on one of them, it will tell a joke, start singing or talk. "U2 love...
...think it's really beneficial to go from thetextbook to actual cases," Anders said, addingthat he hopes to continue doing pro bono workafter graduating from law school
...will come to the aid of the more silent groups? No pro bono organization can afford to speak for so many people of relatively little means. In Appalachia, the handful of elected representatives rarely see their far-flung constituents. The small farmers have a Grange that is a shadow of its former self and several small lobbies that are easily crushed by the huge beef, pork, milk and wheat magnates. Legal immigrants who are not independently wealthy, especially those from Asia and Latin America, have no one but their families to help them face the difficulties of making a fresh...
...A.B.A. is also trying to shine up the image of attorneys by encouraging them to do more pro bono work for needy clients. Lawyers are already doing more than the public realizes, says Scanlon. "Our profession gives more donated services than any other profession...
...album ends with The Wanderer, a haunting litany of discontent performed by guest singer Johnny Cash that pushes the album into the numinous region of The Joshua Tree. Bono still hasn't found what he's looking for, but the search continues to redefine the boundaries of modern rock. Like a memoir written while the applause is still thundering, Zooropa is a plugged-in, spaced-out dispatch from the blinking LED eye of the multimedia storm...