Word: fabric
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...Stephen L. Carter's book, "The Culture of Disbelief," criticizes Americans' dismissive attitudes towards religion. The widely publicized book has forced many to reassess the position of religion and the religious in our society today. More and more people are deciding that religion is a crucial part of the fabric of America, an element we've been missing...
Despite Clinton's first step toward addressing the deficit issue in his 1993 budget agreement, the Lead of Leave organization firmly believes that the deficit will continue to be an important issue. The parochial interests which tore away much of the fabric of Clinton's plan within his own party and Vice-President Gore's needed tiebreaker vote point to the problems inherent in future deficit reduction...
...example, in your chapter describing fellow students, you write that "Sarah wore baggy clothes in shades of brown and burnt orange. Looking at her, you couldn't see any curves or angles, just fabric. Her blond hair was short, and she wore an earring in the shape of a woman symbol." I worry that you make this description so exaggerated as to render it ineffective. (Although I do love your discovery of what it was Sarah had to hide, and why she felt the need to shroud herself in feminism: "I learned that what Sarah hadn't talked about...
Last week's staff editorial about the new alcohol law ignores one important fact: this particular law is a positive force in society. To extol the law's virtues on a moral basis would be silly; morality might guide our legislators, but it concerns the overall fabric--not the letter...
...hunt for undiscovered subatomic particles. But if several more MACHOs -- Griest won't say exactly how many -- pop out of the computer, then they could probably account for the entire dark-matter halo. And scientists could be more confident that they have at last found the main fabric of the universe...