Word: graining
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...station. He gave an Edwardian garden party at the Bagatelle and re-created a turn-of-the-century gala at the Opera Garnier. But more important, he has changed the way we dress, the very proportions of our clothes, cutting dresses and jackets on the bias--against the grain of the fabric--so that they spiral around the body and give women a sinuous, sexier shape...
...prolific rumors that H Bomb is desperate for decent copy have a grain of truth—thousands of student dollars can’t buy quality prose—the final product may end up confusing eager readers for yet another Lampoon parody...
Surely, such charges coming from a trial lawyer lobby group should be taken with a grain of salt. But whether they come out of sheer special-interest politicking—which would come as no surprise—or simply misguided efforts to curb rising health care expenses, caps on malpractice lawsuits are unfair to the victims and undermine an effective jury system...
...seconds after the opening draw, Cavanagh—who had vomited through a sleepless Friday night with the stomach flu—took a feed from Bernakevitch, cut across the grain and backhanded in his fifth power-play goal of the season...
...Green countered with a supreme individual effort from Stempniak. After stripping Maki at neutral ice, he looped back to the right side, accelerated past All-American defenseman Noah Welch, cut against the grain and barely squeezed a backhander past the outstretched skate of Dov Grumet-Morris...