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...spent much of his life on the road. He said that he has spent 20 of the last 30 years traveling. This experience, along with his multiethnic background, has given Ma a deep interest in global inter-connections, he said. Ma’s work with the Silk Road Project has helped him explore the global nature of music and culture in general. This project, which seeks to unite musicians from across the medieval Silk Road that ran from Asia through the Middle East to Europe, has been important to Ma’s work over the last five years...
Madea may be God-fearing, but she has the mouth of a black Don Rickles. Fingering her daughter's filmy nightgown in Madea's Family Reunion, she says, "That's them twins Polly and Esther; that ain't no silk." Her remorseful granddaughter "ain't apologizing, she's apolo-lyin'." And if the insults don't hit the mark, she can always use the pistols in her purse. "I got more weapons in here than the U.S. dropped on the Taliban," she shouts. "You don't wanna mess with...
...ETRO raw-silk patchwork pillow ($265; etro.com...
...Republican field of awkward campaigners, Huckabee shined as a rare politician who mastered the art of oratory. His style, filled with emotion and alliteration, followed the rolling pace of a Baptist preacher, his former profession. When he talked about Washington politicians, he spoke of "civilians in suits and silk ties." When he mentioned the military, he spoke of "generals with mud and blood on their boots." He railed against the "Washington-to-Wall Street power axis," and said a President is "not elected to the ruling class but to the servant class." He could weave the story...
...Kotb rushes through the door glancing at her watch, elegantly dressed in a burgundy and black suit, a matching silk headscarf and trendy black boots. Apologizing for being late, she sips her tea and nibbles on a cookie - no time for lunch - as she passionately discusses the profession into which she stumbled by chance. Having abandoned her dream of becoming a surgeon after the birth of her first daughter in the mid-'90s, she searched for a new interest to help her through what she recalls as "the darkest period of my life...