Word: elders
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Like Ports itself, Cibani arrived on Seventh Avenue via a 12-year detour in China. She was 19 when she decided to join her elder sister Fiona, then a menswear designer, at a Canadian company called Ports International. The company had its heyday in the '70s and early '80s when its clothes were carried by stores like Bergdorf Goodman. But by 1989 the brand had lost some of its stature and was purchased by Alfred Chan, a Canadian entrepreneur who was born near Xiamen and raised in Hong Kong. Chan married Fiona and made the unlikely decision to move...
...Just because I wear a suit, they prejudge me," said the elder Cronin, the managing partner of Weston Presidio, a private equity firm, and a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers...
...failed to understand that its belligerent tactics only make matters worse. Bugti was a rebel leader and a member of an oppressive class of tribal chieftains who control much of Baluchistan as their personal fiefdom. But he was also a former governor of the province and a respected elder to many Baluch. His death, which has triggered unrest and rioting in Baluchistan, is symbolic of our government's refusal to address the grievances of large numbers of Pakistanis who feel ignored and marginalized by Islamabad's policies. The Baluch, for example, believe they do not receive a fair share...
...What makes Barton a master is his prodigious musical talent, coupled with cultural insight. The son of well-known "Dream-time Opera Diva" Delmae, Barton was taught the didgeridoo from the age of seven by his uncle Arthur Petersen, a tribal elder. "I remember the first day-actually, when I got circular breathing-literally jumping for joy," he says. "Yeah, that was a good day." Barton never forgets the good fortune that has helped shape his career. After his uncle's death, Barton inherited Petersen's didgeridoo, and not long after, the teenager was invited to join an Aboriginal dance...
...Reagan built. His father was a union machinist. Laffey was the first in his family to go to college (Bowdoin, and then Harvard Business School). But the family story was far more complicated than that. His eldest brother, whom Laffey describes as a "promiscuous homosexual," died of aids. His elder brother and a younger sister suffer from schizophrenia. "These guys saved me," he says, pointing toward his childhood pals blitzing the suburban street in Coventry. "We were a tribe. Their parents took me in. I only made it out because of them." He went on to manage an investment bank...