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...selection of Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono as Time's Persons of the Year for 2005 was applauded by readers who admire the trio's powerful efforts to combat global poverty and disease. Other readers singled out different heroes, those who withstood the year's many challenges of disaster and war Your choice of Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates as Persons of the Year was inspired [Dec. 26, 2005?Jan. 2, 2006]. In a year marked by unusual tragedy, it was heartwarming to read about an unprecedented outpouring of generosity. Your honorees are not only appropriately symbolic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Good Samaritans | 1/17/2006 | See Source »

...year of great pain and frustration as a result of the war in Iraq and devastating natural disasters. It would have been easy and predictable to select someone who personified the war or the horrific Hurricane Katrina disaster, but in a time of despair and anguish, Bono, Bill and Melinda bring hope. The work that unlikely team does for the world's poor makes me believe that if we band together, it really is possible to change the world for the better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 23, 2006 | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

...selection of Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono as TIME's Persons of the Year for 2005 was applauded by readers who admire the trio's powerful efforts to combat global poverty and disease. Other readers singled out different heroes, those who withstood the year's many challenges of disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 23, 2006 | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

Your choice of Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates as Persons of the Year was inspired [Dec. 26, 2005-Jan. 2, 2006]. In a year marked by unusual tragedy, it was heartwarming to read about an unprecedented outpouring of generosity. Your honorees are not only appropriately symbolic of that philanthropy but also unique examples of individuals who, by virtue of their wealth and fame, can change the course of history. What your story revealed, however, was that not just their wealth and fame heightened their impact. Credit the Gateses for learning firsthand about the diseases of the poor, then making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 23, 2006 | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

...seconds, the one person who is infected with HIV every 6.4 seconds, the 8 million who die every year because they are too poor to stay alive. And who is proving most effective in figuring out how to eradicate those calamities? In different ways, it is Bill and Melinda Gates, co-founders of the world's wealthiest charitable foundation, and Bono, the Irish rocker who has made debt reduction sexy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Good Samaritans | 12/19/2005 | See Source »

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