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Time Names Gateses, Bono ‘Persons of 2005’

malebolgia   on 18 December 2005 - 23:32 · 15 comments & 2109 views

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The richest man in the world, Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda, were named Time magazine’s “Persons of the Year” along with Irish rocker Bono for being “Good Samaritans” who made a difference in different ways.  “For being shrewd about doing good, for rewiring politics and re-engineering justice, for making mercy smarter and hope strategic and then daring the rest of us to follow, Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono are Time’s Persons of the Year,” the magazine said in its Dec. 19 issue, made public on Sunday.

Managing Editor James Kelly said the three had been chosen as the people most effective at finding ways to eradicate such calamities as malaria in Africa, HIV and AIDS and the grinding poverty that kills 8 million people a year. Time also named former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton as “Partners of the Year” for their humanitarian efforts after the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, and the unlikely friendship that developed from that work.

News source: MSNBC




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(1 reply) #1 Nautica on 18 Dec 2005 - 23:34
wow, its really sad to me how much neowin has gone downhill so fast since the "upgrade"

the "upgrade" is nothing but a hassle, and you can tell people are going else where because no one is commenting anymore on anything...


back to the article... good for you time ™ corp for selecting people that will sell your magazine
#1.1 Ideas Man on 19 Dec 2005 - 00:01
Wow, what a load of babble. THAT'S what's wrong with neowin these days, people who post BS either to stir up flame wars, derail threads or just plain infuriate people to no end with their smart remarks, blatant fanboyism and other crap they go on about for god knows what reasons.

#2 Ideas Man on 19 Dec 2005 - 00:03
Well done Gates' nice to see ya rewarded for your philanthropy.... again .
#3 Stunna on 19 Dec 2005 - 00:31
Bill Gates ownz
#4 ramesees on 19 Dec 2005 - 01:28
Yeah congrats to Bill and Melinda for being named

Say what you like about Microsoft and Bill Gates, but deep down he really does open his wallet and give shedloads of cash to charities and medical research etc... around the world

Go Bill
(1 reply) #5 figgy on 19 Dec 2005 - 01:41
Very well deserved.
#5.1 DJ Prem on 19 Dec 2005 - 09:10
I agree.
(1 reply) #6 lylesback2 on 19 Dec 2005 - 02:10
bono and gates are like best friends.. it's weird.&nbsp; bono always stays at gate's house when hes in town.. lol<br><br>

#6.1 JoDaddy on 19 Dec 2005 - 04:25
Well I'd probably stay at Gate's house, too, if I could.
#7 wa22guy on 19 Dec 2005 - 06:50
*sigh*
(2 replies) #8 daPhoenix on 19 Dec 2005 - 07:23
Indeed, they have a history of choosing the most beneficial people time to be their Person of the Year, much like so in 1936 when they chose Hitler as the POTY.

gg.
#8.1 MrCobra on 19 Dec 2005 - 13:58
That was a very pathetic remark.
#8.2 Kelsey on 19 Dec 2005 - 18:05
Are you trying to insinuate that Gates is going to one day go crazy, build up a facist regime and start killing all the mac users?
#9 Ely on 19 Dec 2005 - 13:48
I posted about this yesterday on the board, I'm glad Neowin has placed this on the homepage. The are great givers and they deserve lots of credit for their good dids, You go Melinda, Bill and Bono!
#10 tunafish on 19 Dec 2005 - 14:32
bill gates aint the richest man in the world
its the ikea man

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