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...think one of you got a bigger one," a tribal chief told Treasury Secretary PAUL O'NEILL when traditional headgear didn't fit him as well as it did BONO, his companion on a trip to Africa. "No," said U2's singer, "just a bigger brain." The modest rocker, who has lent sparkle to the cause of African poverty relief, brought O'Neill on a 10-day fact-finding journey that started last week in Ghana. The unlikely pair will travel through South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia. O'Neill played the straight man; Bono did comic relief. O'Neill drilled...
...motorcade pulls up and Secret Service agents fan out, the children of Wamili, a village of mud and grass huts in the north of Ghana, break into song. The tribal chief welcomes Bono, leader of the rock band U2, and his traveling sidekick, Paul O'Neill, the buttoned-down U.S. Treasury secretary. Each is presented a traditional robes and a matching floppy hat. Bono's fits nicely. O'Neill's seems several sizes too small. The chief looks apologetically at the Treasury secretary and says, "I think one of you got a bigger one." To which Bono replies with...
...rebounded to gain 26%, but a fragile world economy may prevent such optimism this time around. B O T T O M L I N E S "Politics at a certain level is pop. You have to get your record on the radio for people to pay attention." ? Bono, U2 frontman, on his tour of Africa with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill "I've used the term breakthrough three times in my career. This is one of them." ? Larry Norton, doctor at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center, on Novartis' Gleevec "What are they going to attack next, the mute...
...your credit-card details, type in how much you want to send, and Fairtunes will cut checks and track down artists anywhere in the world on your behalf (most artists, like Bjork, cash them; some, like Ani DiFranco, ask for them to be redirected to charity; a few, like U2, ignore the checks altogether...
...when it suits them. Though only drummer Nick Jago is from Britain, the band has an undeniably British sound, with a self-conscious tip of the hat to the Stone Roses. “Rifles” had more pretensions than the Strokes could muster, sounding a little like U2 might if you dragged them through mud for a couple of albums. “Whatever Happened To My Rock ’N’ Roll (punk song)” has more genuine punk attitude than the stateside poseurs can pull off either, with its relentless insistence...