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When Li Ning first came to the American West, he shocked the world by winning six Olympic medals in gymnastics - three of them gold - during the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Prior to 1984, the People's Republic had never even won an Olympic medal, and Li Ning was China's undisputed star of the L.A. Games, becoming an instant Chinese sports legend...
...undercover filmmakers James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles - the would-be Borats of the right - had shot videos that appeared to show workers at ACORN, a liberal organization that lobbies for affordable housing, offering tips on how to open a brothel. For Breitbart, the videos proved to be a gold mine, putting the left on the defensive and Big Government on the map. That the filmmakers were accused of entrapping their subjects and editing in footage of O'Keefe dressed as a pimp seemed almost beside the point...
...weeks later we sent out a card with a picture of a turquoise and gold piece on it, saying we were having an opening. We got a phone call from the White House saying that they wanted 16 turquoise and gold pots just like it, to give as gifts to Middle Eastern dignitaries in the next 24 hours. We didn’t have any so we sent other examples of symbolic pots in many different styles...
Years later, the UN Association of New York needed a gift for Kofi Annan to commemorate his ten years of service. I was asked to make a large white porcelain peace bowl with a ring of gold on it. The UN also wanted to do something to award Ban Ki Moon for his work on water conservation and relief around the world so I designed an aqua colored bowl with fish to symbolize water and was asked to present it to him.... Right now I am working on making gifts for different heads of state...
...decided to test it out with one of our own. We posted a photo of an outfit worn to this correspondent’s high school prom: a purple strapless dress, black heels, a black bag, and a gold necklace. Then, we asked Go Try It On visitors to tell us what they thought...