Word: fabricate
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...Guccis-Aldo and two brothers-trace their family's merchant tradition in Florence to 1410. For the past six decades, members of the clan have prospered by selling expensive handcrafted leather goods. In the past year they have begun producing dresses and men's pants in a fabric made of linen and synthetics, and monogrammed with tiny Gs; it matches the material of. a new line of suitcases...
...Well aware of the importance of South Viet Nam's intellectuals, the Viet Cong have long tried to recruit them-with some success. Many intellectuals have come to believe that the Viet Cong are nationalists first and Communists second, that they can be peacefully assimilated into the political fabric of the nation once the war ends. "When peace comes," says one naively optimistic Southerner, "South Viet Nam will be rich. We will have no problems, and when there are no problems, there will be no Communists." Other intellectuals, so far a minority, now back the government after years...
...caught on early to the patchwork craze, scoured antique shops for rare quilts, and had Adolfo whip up a basic wardrobe of 14 evening skirts for her, "It's kind of spooky-like osmosis," she says of the relationship, "the way we think alike about color and fabric." And, as if that were not enough, Mrs. Cooper adds, "There is so much pleasure and so much fun in spending less...
...Barriers. However it is worked out, the textile controversy will affect the fabric of life in both nations, determining in part whether low-paid textile workers in the U.S. will be thrown out of jobs, whether inflation-weary U.S. consumers will have to pay more for their clothes, and whether the comfortably cooperative structure of Japanese industry will be changed and liberalized. More than that, the fight is likely to affect the future of the international movement toward freer trade...
...four mornings a week (they now charge $1.25 an hour, up from 75? a year ago). She has furnished the house with used pieces rather than new furniture. She thought of economizing by making her own clothes, but concluded that there would be no saving "because the price of fabric has skyrocketed. To make an average dress, including lining, costs...