Brocia may be worldly but he is no James Bond, with his wire framed glasses, faded black shirt, corduroys, and unruly salt-and-pepper hair.

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Mentored by her grandmother, a tiny woman in wire-framed glasses and a tight perm, Liu trained rigorously as a performer, and developed the shrewd business skills that have lifted her family from poverty to prosperity.

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