Word: craftmanship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...C.C.I.A. suggests that wary consumers look first at prices. An overcoat made from even the lowest grade of cashmere should cost at least $800 and a sweater $200. Then the buyer should examine the craftmanship. If the lapels and buttonholes are poorly finished, chances are the material is as second- rate as the work...
...interesting as the question is, whether Sarah Phillips is autobiography or fiction is irrelevant. As fiction, the stories reveal a fine craftmanship; some passage are as lightly knit as poetry. Describing Sarah in Paris. Lee is not afraid to be flippant about subjects that cause other writers to tread lightly--if they tread at all: "I had graduated from Harvard, having just turned twenty-one. I was tall and lanky and light-skinned, quite pretty in a nervous sort of way. I came out of college equipped with an unfocused snobbery, vague literary aspirations and a lively appetite for white...