Word: cloth
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...theirs is a dwindling breed. Next year, for the first time, blue-collar workers will be outnumbered by white-collar workers in the labor force. Meanwhile, surveys show that voters today are growing less and less likely to vote by class, simply along the lines of bowler hat vs. cloth cap. As if that were not advantage enough for Thatcher, Britain's population is shifting from the big cities that have long been Labor strongholds to the Tory enclaves of suburbia. Parliamentary districts were redrawn for last week's election to reflect that migration, and the Tories clearly gained. "Social...
...featuring vocals from Shirley Simms, turns from antipathy for synthetic O.C. ditzes to an axe-wielding thirst for bimbo blood. “The Nun’s Litany,” a bouncing bit of angelic gloss, elaborates on the various (and explicit) ways a woman of the cloth wishes to violate her vows to spite her mother. “Zombie Boy,” a silly shot at sinister post-punk, features Merritt courting an undead paramour.Aside from the perennial envelope pushing, “Distortion” boasts quite a few otherwise solid tunes...
...Still, despite the apparent differences, the two rivals are essentially cut from the same political cloth. Unlike the plodding technocrats like Prodi who have often led Italy, both Berlusconi and Veltroni are persuasive orators with a populist touch and a nose for how to use the mass media. Berlusconi will be able to make the case that the center-left blew their chance to lead, stumbling and splintering into Italian politics-as-usual. He will ask for yet another chance to remake Italy in his image of success. Veltroni will respond that it is the center-right that is offering...
...brought in by foreign tourists. Many in Kathmandu blame the Youth Communist League (YCL), created by the Maoists less than a year ago, for much of the disorder. Red YCL banners around parts of Kathmandu urge Nepalis to report "suspicious, reactionary activity" to cell-phone numbers emblazoned on the cloth. As soon as night falls in the capital - which, as a bastion for the King's army, had been safe during all of the years of the civil war - the usually teeming streets grow deserted. "The police have no motivation at all right now," complains Kanak Dixit, editor of Himal...
...During their sweep of the village, the health workers are dismayed by what they find. In many houses, the simple cloth filters used to keep Guinea worm out of the water supply are full of tiny holes, which the volunteers point out to the owners before replacing their filters. A young volunteer named Norideem gathers some children and quizzes them on Guinea-worm prevention, a topic covered regularly by local health staff in Wantugu's schools. But when he asks where Guinea worm comes from, some have no answer. Others stick to a commonly held traditional belief: They tell...