MELINDA GATES AT THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY 2007 COMMENCEMENT IN CAMBRIDGE
Melinda Gates (L) and Bill Gates' stepmother Mimi Gardner Gates, listens to a press conference held by Bill Gates following his speech at the 2007 Harvard University Commencement Exercises in Cambridge, Massachusetts on June 7, 2007. (UPI Photo/Matthew Healey)
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