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Wayne Shorter, a Jazz Hero Whose Goal Was ‘to Fear Nothing’

The saxophonist, who died on Thursday at 89, redefined jazz composition by embracing the unknown.



Covering a woman’s face is said by some devout Muslims to protect her virtue. But the full veil has long lent itself to other purposes. Some countries have restricted the niqab as a symbol of the repression of women. But full veiling can be a means of getting around conservative social conventions. Saudi women recount how they use the niqab to meet boyfriends or lovers incognito http://econ.st/1zyBSXL


Hidden benefits

The full veil can be used for good, bad—and saucy.
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In China, Father Christmas is better known to most than Jesus, and Christmas never really ends http://econ.st/1AoEnKs





Oh what fun

Jazzing it up CITIES across China blink with fairy lights, fancy hotels flaunt trees and tinsel, and glossy magazine covers display festive recipes and table...

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jazz something up 1

Make something more interesting, lively, or exciting:jazz up an all-white kitchen with red tiles

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jazz

/dʒaz/    不確定來源的20世紀 新字  

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Jazz · Dated

Dance

noun

1. 1.

   a type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century. Brass and woodwind instruments and piano are particularly associated with jazz, although guitar and occasionally violin are also used; styles include Dixieland, swing, bebop, and free jazz.

   "a mix of folk, jazz, blues, and pop"
2. 2.

   INFORMAL

   enthusiastic or lively talk, especially when considered exaggerated or insincere.

   "all this jazz about how they can't afford it is preposterous"

verb

1. DATED

   play or dance to jazz music.

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IBM Gets Jazzy with Web 2.0
eWeek - New York, NY
A t its Rational Software Development Conference here, IBM plans to officially launch more than 20 products based on and connected to its Jazz collaborative ...
In an example of nature’s ability to improvise even in the most urban setting, a third of the nest in the city’s Tuen Mun district was found to be made from metal, the Sunday Morning Post reported.
週日南華早報報導，此例顯示，即使在最城市化的環境，生物皆有就地取材的本能；已發現香港屯門區三分之一的鳥巢是由金屬做成。

improvise 

verb [I or T]
1 to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it:
I hadn't prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.
To sleep on, we improvised a mattress from a pile of blankets.

2 When actors or musicians improvise, they perform without fixed speech or music, making it up as they perform it:
During certain scenes of the play there isn't any script and the actors just improvise (the dialogue).

improvisation
noun [C or U]
a blues/jazz improvisation
There are classes in movement, dance, acting and improvisation.
improvise︰動詞，臨時湊成、即興演出。例句︰The cook hastily improvised a supper.（廚師臨時做了頓晚餐。）

jazzy 
adjective INFORMAL
very bright and colourful:
a jazzy tie/dress

niqab
Pronunciation: /nɪˈkɑːb    /
Definition of niqab in English:
NOUN

A veil worn by some Muslim women in public, covering all of the face apart from the eyes.
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Origin

Arabic niqāb.

• Caroline's Beauty Salon will also be on hand offering make-up tips for all you glamour gals looking to jazz it up for the festive season, while Richard Hannigan will be giving advise on all the latest trends in hair design.
• He believes bank branches can be jazzed up and transformed into places customers feel they genuinely want to visit.
• Director Lee Tamahori tries to jazz things up with some flashy editing but can't disguise the fact that the 40-year-old formula is beginning to wear a little thin.

jazz
noun [U]
a type of modern music with a rhythm in which the strong notes are usually not on the beat and which is usually improvised (= invented as it is played)

jazzy
adjective
in the style of jazz music