Word: knit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...policy is based in part on the assumption that gay and lesbian soldiers are more susceptible to blackmail. In addition, Pentagon officials claim that the presence of homosexuals disrupts the camaraderie and trust necessary for an efficient, tightly-knit military unit...
...land -- 8,124 sq. mi. -- that makes El Salvador the most densely populated country in Central America. Disputes over property have often led to bloodshed. A military coup in 1979 was sparked in part by a plan to redistribute farmland, most of which is still owned by a tightly knit oligarchy. Since then, land reform has come to signify justice to those without property and communist conspiracy to those who stand to lose theirs...
...weeks ago, after deftly shedding his party past, Kravchuk, 57, rode a wave of nationalist sentiment to election as President of an independent Ukraine, the most powerful of the republics after Russia. Then he went one step further, joining Russia and Belorussia with a plan to form a loosely knit commonwealth...
...Darren Star surprised his large, tight-knit family in suburban Potomac, Md., by moving to far-out Los Angeles. Within a few years, he wrote and sold the script for Doin' Time on Planet Earth, a film about a teenager who thinks he's from outer space. After that, Star never looked back. Today, at 30, he draws a six-figure income as the creator of Beverly Hills, 90210, the Thursday-night melodrama that has captured the teen audience by portraying youthful angst and L.A. glitz. Star owns a house in the Hollywood Hills, drives a Porsche convertible, lifts weights...
...Mitchell is still very much the traditional shop owner: He describes Inman Square as a close-knit community, a "village" of sorts, where all the local merchants know one another...