Word: knit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...loosely knit clan of the future won't be at all like the Jetsons...
...indictment and yesterday's arrest of the influential official may mark more than the political demise of an Independent icon. Walsh, whether innocent or guilty, has tarnished the reputation of the Independent camp, a close-knit block on the council that presents itself as the standard-bearer of traditional conservative politics and values...
Thinking Machines specializes in "massivelyparallel" computers. Traditional computers use asingle microchip to do all of their work, whilemassively parallel computers use huge networks ofprocessors that are knit together in complex webs...
...Bohemians and Moravians in the Czech lands to the west organizing a faster-moving, more entrepreneurial state that might soon integrate with the European Community. In some ways a breakup would be logical. The Slovaks and those in the Czech lands were pieces of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire knit together in 1918, but they have deep differences of background, outlook and economic metabolism. Many Slovaks want to seize the moment to have their own republic, even though independence would cut them off from some $300 million in annual subsidies from the Czechoslovak federal government. Many Czechs react...
...heterosexual brothers, whom he loves and whose interests he would like to promote. Ryan, the elder, faces a divorce he does not want. Tony is in a situation much like Patrick's: being propelled toward marriage to someone he no longer loves. The O'Neils are a close-knit clan from Boston's working-class suburbs, fiercely loyal people who are usually at cross-purposes because they find it almost impossible to speak their mind directly...