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What a trip that Condoleezza Rice is! She recently told Bono, "I loved acid rock in college--and I still do." What else gets a Secretary of State grooving? TIME looked at Rice's eclectic playlist and asked her predecessors to name their top tunes. Can you match the Secretaries and their music of choice...
...Bono has Africa. Coldplay has global poverty. MOBY is fighting for your right to ... surf the Web. Along with like-minded artists such as R.E.M. and some improbable partners like the Gun Owners of America, the techno-musician has joined the SavetheInternet.com Coalition, whose object is to preserve so-called Net neutrality. That would keep broadband providers from charging premiums to content providers (like Google or MySpace) for faster connections, which could limit consumer access to some sites. "If Congress guts Net neutrality," says Moby, "independent sites would be choked off, and the Internet will become a private toll road...
...when Irish rocker Bono exclaimed, “this is really, really fucking brilliant” during the 2003 Golden Globe Awards, the FCC excused the expletive because it was not used to refer...
CLAIM TO FAME In the spring of 2003, New York City--based designer Gregory met with U2 stylist Sharon Blankson, who mentioned that Bono and his wife Hewson were thinking about starting a clothing line. A few weeks later, Bono paid a visit to the Rogan showroom...
...BREAK Gregory and Hewson (with a little help from Bono) launched Edun, a socially conscious apparel line for men and women, in the spring of 2005 with a mission to bring fair employment and trade to the attention of the fashion industry. They also wanted their clothes to look good. "We want it to be a business model that people will follow. People want fair trade, but they don't want hair shirts," says Hewson, who is involved in Edun Live, a project that aims to provide immediate job growth in African communities through a merchandising program selling organic cotton...