Word: shaker
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...averagebackpacker, the album has a unique tonalpalette. He is both self-deprecating andcritical: in his introduction, for example,he calls into question his own unplannedbirth to delegitimize the whole concept ofthe “accidental child” (“I’m a doer not asayer, shaker and a mover /...my dad saidI was an afterparty baby / This goes out toall the accidents out there / Keep on makingmistakes”). Even with these trenchantcriticisms, Cadence Weapon manages todeliver a smooth, clearly-enunciated flowover powerful beats.“Afterparty Babies” is packed withunconventional mixing, playful...
...base from the Saddam Hussein era that looters had reduced to little more than piles of rubble strewn around the cement slabs in the ground. Displaced from other parts of Iraq, these people have taken up shelter in makeshift houses on the otherwise deserted grounds. Among them is Hadi Shaker Hamadi and his clan, cobbling together a shelter of cinderblocks, scrap wood and cardboard. They and the 70 or so other families here take charity whenever it comes. And only one person seems to deliver it regularly. Says Hamadi, "It's just Madeeha who comes and visits...
That means tens of thousands of people like Hadi Shaker Hamadi are left to fend for themselves in what remains one of the world biggest humanitarian crises. A Shi'ite, Hamadi was working as a farmhand in Samarra four years ago when he began getting threats from Sunni militants in the area. Several of his friends had already been murdered in sectarian violence, he said. So he decided to move his wife and seven children out. They headed to Baghdad, where they had no family who might help them. Arriving in the city, they looked around for areas where they...
...December, Osama bin Laden described the U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon as "Crusaders" sent to Lebanon "to protect the Jews" of Israel. On January 7, another taped message was aired on a jihadist website purportedly from Shaker al-Absi, the fugitive leader of the al-Qaeda-inspired Fatah al-Islam group, which waged a bloody three month battle against the Lebanese army last summer. In the 58-minute message, Absi threatened attacks against the Lebanese army. "The mill of war has started to grind ... between the infidels and the believers," he said...
...strapless shift. It was a touch of showbiz to top off a collection that was easily the designer's best. Drawing on the simple fabrics, shapes, and nature-inspired color palette of America's early settlers, Posen showed crisp poplin dresses, blouses and vests that would have turned any Shaker into a fashionista. There's always a bit of a celebrity scene at Posen's shows since P. Diddy owns a majority stake in the company, and the audience usually endures the ensuing wait. This time it was worth...