Word: fabricate
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...social workers had said some of the same things before, but never under the federal imprimatur. In the circumstances, the conclusions were shattering. Said the report: "The evidence-not final, but powerfully persuasive-is that the Negro family in the urban ghettos is crumbling. For vast numbers, the fabric of conventional social relationships has all but disintegrated...
Myth v. Reality. Persuasive though he sounds, the fabric of Deutscher's interpretation is thin and full of holes. He is right in accusing nationalism of subverting international revolution; yet it must be remembered that Communism also constantly tries to subvert and take over nationalistic movements, and often succeeds. His insistence on making the industrial working class the driving force behind any modern revolution often leaves him grasping for threads. After all, revolutions have been far more frequently led by bourgeois intellectuals. And the notion that today's workers in Russia and China are demanding their rightful revolutionary...
There are simply no false notes. Carnovsky makes everything ring true. And the famous set speeches emerge naturally out of the fabric of the character rather than as so many interpolated arias. But even in a short line Carnovsky manages to convey the fifty lines that lie unspoken behind...
...that change color or covering power when the sun hits, a fiber product that will remove salt or waste from water. Of course, as Treasurer Evans says, "we can't expect another nylon." Or could it happen? The company is already building a plant to manufacture a mystery fabric to be introduced next year. So far, Du Pont will say only that it involves "an entirely new yarn" with "higher esthetics and performance than anything now known...
Split Operations. Such advantages have fostered split manufacturing operations, under which Mexican workers do normally expensive handwork on items that can then be finished or assembled cheaply in the U.S. Example: Kayser-Roth's Catalina division cuts fabric for jackets and sportswear in Los Angeles, gets most of the stitching done in its Mexicali plant. Counting wages, duty and 400-mile round-trip trucking expenses, the Mexicali work adds up to about $1.20 per hour, compared with the $1.85 it would cost in Los Angeles...