Word: carpeteers
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...conference arranged Thursday by the Chinese leader. Just before the two leaders walked to their positions Friday at the lecterns in front of the presidential retreat, the atmosphere had to be suitably arranged. Two of the dark suited ones worked a wash tub sized vacuum cleaner over the red carpet and the expansive water fall that had been showering over a tall rock formation was turned off. As Bush spoke, his translator scratched and tortured her steno book, making circles and slashes as if trying to get the pen to write. In flawless Chinese, she repeated his answers, flipping...
...example: I was sitting in a carpet shop in Quetta, drinking green tea with some Afghan traders. First they talked about how their investment in opium had taken a beating (the price dropped from $700 a kilo to $200 since Sept 11th, because the Taliban commanders who'd stockpiled tons of opium were nervously selling it off), and then the conversation turned to the dud Cruise missiles which had landed around Kandahar. These traders shifted eagerly on their stacks of plum-dark Bokharas and somber tribal Baluch carpets...
...book to describe the bursts of inexplicable behavior that seem to grip young children just before they make a developmental leap. A child just about to walk, for instance, might be restless at night, or cranky for days, until the afternoon she masters her first shaky trip across the carpet. Or a three-year-old struggling to acquire his language skills might have daily meltdowns until he can make himself understood verbally. Milestones, such as new siblings or the first day of school, can trigger bouts of regression that make sense only later--once parents have had a chance...
...whatever he is able to grasp from Pushtu-language radio broadcasts by the BBC and Voice of America. He has met a few foreign diplomats and a small number of journalists. Common members of the Taliban can see him easily. In the past, he sat on his office carpet and received visitors. However, since being elevated to the status of Amirul Momineen, or Commander of the Faithful, he sits on a raised platform. He has learned to drive his luxury Land Cruiser and is adept at handling satellite phones and walkie-talkies. Inflexible and a believer in miracles, Omar...
...area is a target gives them a reason to be afraid." People here also feel enormous frustration at being so far from the tragedies of Sept. 11. They're constantly inventing ways to connect to it. On Sept. 20, the city council passed a resolution honoring the victims. A carpet-store sign advertises a sale on vinyl, followed by the now universal GOD BLESS AMERICA. Locals have donated $17,200 to the Red Cross in three weeks, a huge pile of money in a county where the average income is $23,000. At the town's historic armory, someone...