Word: rainbows
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...Americans, they catch their religion, their health regime, their holistic exercise, their personal fulfillment--whatever Falun Gong may be--on the run. And Falun Gong is typical of modern America in another way: as soon as a new path to self-fulfillment opens up, it is crowded with a rainbow assortment of followers. In inner-city Washington, popular sessions with new practitioners are held each week in a house that stands in the shadow of the I-395 expressway. Out in genteel Manassas, Va., famed for its Civil War battlefield and white frame buildings, Falun Gong practitioners meet...
...music was played and recorded. And since he turned 86 just two days before, and is looking forward to celebrating his birthday with some famous friends, Paul has a special glow. He sits on a stool surrounded by a few admiring musicians and starts playing 'Over the Rainbow' on one of his famous guitars...
...magic? No, it's just a wand glitch: one guitar string, offensively flat, needs to be tightened. And now that it is, Paul can make terrific music, recalling his '50s hits with vocalist Mary Ford as well as his earlier and later jazz and country work. He plays 'Rainbow' largo, insinuating a delicate, wistful mood, then pricking it with a couple of puckish allusions to late-'50s guitar hits inspired by him: the monster chords of Link Wray's 'Rumble,' the seductive electronic weeping in Santo and Johnny's 'Sleep Walk.' Paul's fingers warm over the strings, coaxing, then...
...captivated both the masses and the media. He was candid enough to tell blacks that many of their problems were the result of self-destructive behavior and brash enough to run for President in 1984 and 1988, garnering millions of votes from the multi-ethnic constituency he dubbed the "rainbow coalition." In the aftermath of last year's presidential campaign, when he crisscrossed the country to help produce the massive black turnout that nearly swept Al Gore into the White House, his claim to the throne had never seemed more secure...
...Eighteen of the 30 Overseers arrived at the Rainbow Room of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan that sunny Sunday morning. Others participated by conference call. Summers and the committee were waiting for them...