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...UPHELD. EXTENSION OF U.S. COPYRIGHT LAW; by the U.S. Supreme Court; in Washington, D.C. The 1998 law, sponsored by then Congressman Sonny Bono, extended copyright protection for 20 years, preventing thousands of well-known works, including early Mickey Mouse cartoons and the Gershwin classic Rhapsody in Blue, from passing into the public domain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

Executive Director Linda Wood-Boyle said Hankins arranged the group’s 401(k) plan and devoted hours of pro bono work to the organization...

Author: By Jaquelyn M. Scharnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Attorney Who Advocated for the Homeless Dies at 31 | 1/8/2003 | See Source »

...teenage con man, he talks about his criminal self in the third person ("He had to become creative to find a way to make a living, and he got caught up in that," he says about himself). Since serving four years in prison, Abagnale has worked pro bono for the FBI about 50 days a year, refusing to let the government even reimburse his travel expenses. "It's my very small way of paying back what I believe is a personal debt," he says. His website, where you can contact him to hire him for a $15,000 lecture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holiday Movie Preview: The Master of Deception | 12/23/2002 | See Source »

...best moments in Step Across This Line , Salman Rushdie's provocatively named book of essays (Jonathan Cape; 454 pages), comes when the author is invited on stage at a U2 concert in 1993 by his friend Bono. At the time, Rushdie was in hiding from Muslim assassins after Iran's Ayatullah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him for his allegedly blasphemous novel, The Satanic Verses . Bono, ever the good guy, meant the invitation as a gesture of support. To Rushdie, the moment was a revelation. He suddenly felt "what it's like to have 80,000 fans cheering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Can't Make This Up | 12/15/2002 | See Source »

...kingdom's second largest financial institution, which is partly owned and managed by Citibank. The list will also include prominent Saudi charities, financial institutions and businessmen, notably Mohammed al-Amoudi, the multimillionaire owner of a lavish Addis Ababa hotel where Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and rock star Bono stayed this year while on their African tour. Al-Amoudi has repeatedly denied any links to terrorism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blaming the Saudis | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

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