Word: knit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Rumors. In fact, a little self-management would not be half bad. In the 19 months since the Portuguese revolution, virtually every institution in the country has fallen victim to political factionalism and a contest of wills. Even the now factionalized Armed Forces Movement, the tightly knit group of officers who engineered the 1974 revolution, realizes that it must come to some kind of agreement or it will be impossible for any government to operate. At week's end, the Revolutionary Council urged that the Cabinet return to its duties and try to resolve the crisis. But there...
State and federal law-enforcement officials admit that they know little about California's revolutionary underground. Charles Bates, chief of the San Francisco FBI office, points out that the groups are small, tightly knit, deeply suspicious of strangers, and thus virtually impossible to infiltrate...
This system--placing unlimited discretion in faculty members charged with running the University in a paternalistic manner--might be suited to a close knit academic community founded on trust and understanding. But as the University becomes more impersonal, fairness towards students requires a more open administration and formal procedures for student grievances. As the University community becomes more like the outside world, students should be recognized to have rights, not merely demeaning obligations...
There were hospitality suites, mammoth displays, scurrying salesmen in double-knit suits and white shoes, lissome models in hot pants and boots-all the personnel and paraphernalia used every day at U.S. trade shows. Only the merchandise was hardly everyday at the 29th annual Air Force Association Convention in Washington last week. Its purpose was to allow weapons manufacturers to display their wares to Pentagon brass hats, who buy, and Congressmen, who vote to pay the bills. The result was a blend of bombs and blinking lights, where some of the most deadly armaments were packaged and promoted...
...even without cohesive drama or great characters, Beyond the Bedroom Wall demonstrates a fine talent for description, coupled with a Proustian ability to re-create the past. Much of Woiwode's fiction seems knit from the strands of his own life. Like the fourth generation of Neumiller children, the Manhattan-based Woiwode was born in North Dakota and spent part of his childhood in rural Illinois. After graduating from the University of Illinois in 1964, he began selling articles and short stories to magazines. His first novel, What I'm Going to Do, I Think...