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Disney thanks Chiba University with $1 million gift

As thanks for preserving hundreds of rare images used in early Disney films, Walt Disney Co. of the United States has donated $1 million to Chiba University, the school said in a statement Tuesday. Read the full story . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Tue, Mar 18 2008

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