Word: fabric
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...survive the ecological crisis. We may survive the economic crisis. And we may survive the ecclesiastical crisis. But we may not survive the present family crisis. Unless the American family is soon restored to its place of respect and honor, our entire fabric of life in this country will come apart. For the stability of America is dependent on the stability of its family life...
...truly American scale." Pirelli's management, vexed by labor troubles at home, sees the tie-up as a way to expand in the U.S. and in other markets. Both partners hope to capitalize on Pirelli's expertise in radial tires. The radial, with the cords in its fabric at right angles to the direction of wheel turn, lasts longer than softer-riding conventional tires, which have the fabric running diagonally in crisscross layers...
...shared by developed nations around the world. That became clear to Correspondent Malkin on a recent visit to Europe to renew friendships made during a seven-year stint covering the economic scene abroad. At one point, a British official told him that unless inflation was curbed, "the whole fabric of society as we know it could come apart." Apocalyptic, perhaps, but the climate of concern led the editors to undertake a thorough study of inflation as a worldwide threat to affluent nations...
Toland's account of the internal politics and external maneuverings of prewar Japan is intricate and intriguing, though his discussion of the underlying cultural and social fabric seems sketchy and abrupt. His narrative of military action during the war covers familiar ground. But his talks with Japanese survivors produced chilling combat vignettes as seen from the other side...
...Bridget Riley has had more than her share of misunderstanding. Few painters have been so ruthlessly plagiarized by commerce. As soon as her tightly organized, black-and-white abstractions began to wrench and prick the eyes of an international public in the mid-'60s, a horde of fabric designers and window dressers moved in. Riley, along with other painters like Vasarely and Soto, became synonymous with Op art; and Op itself became, in the hands of its exploiters, a chic gimmick that could market anything from underwear to wallpaper. By the summer of 1965, it seemed that every boutique...