Word: close-knit
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...course, the humble Clemente refuses to think too far into the future. He refuses to think beyond the first game of the year. He refuses to hear the cries of a possible NCAA tournament bid. He knows that, despite a close-knit team that works well together and can score points, there are great obstacles in their...
Greenwood, editor in chief of Essence magazine, is spearheading a renaissance in Stuyvesant Heights. Though touched by urban strife decades ago, the close-knit, family-centered neighborhood has been illuminated by new businesses. African Americans savor a sense of pride and connectedness at Akwaaba Mansion, and savvy travelers from other backgrounds enjoy an entree into a fascinating historical community where a warm welcome prevails www.akwaaba.com...
...Harvard. I hope they will understand that a whole world lies just a short T ride away. The realization that different life paths exist, besides corner-loitering or stoop-sitting, is the only way that the next generation of Southie kids will be able to move out. Leaving the close-knit Southie community, where everybody is related in some way to everybody else and gossip quickly spreads from stoop to stoop, means breaking the protective ties of familiarity, of entrenched tradition and overcoming the fear of the unknown. Only faith in a better life elsewhere will provide enough spark...
...forgotten Mower and Lionel. Only about 70 people live back here in the secluded, re-landscaped courtyard. Lionel and Mower suites have large common rooms with beautiful wood floors, and most residents live in singles for part of the year. Some residents of these intimate dorms say the close-knit experience is nurturing and caring. Others complain that the family atmosphere can grow a bit too suffocating...
...social life grew out of a close-knit group of first-year friends. They have skiied at Tahoe together and, junior year, they dressed up as the Spice Girls for a Halloween party. Anna wore a tiny light-blue dress and pulled her hair into pigtails--"Baby Spice" for the evening...