Word: knit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...institutions have been getting so large that we have to find a way to knit them together," Rudenstine said...
...Gothic romances go, Scarlett is not a bad read. For all of the novel's problems. Ripley has concocted a tightly-knit story. Some of the sections involving Irish nationalism have been written with quite a heavy hand. But Ripley's prose elicits chuckles and tears at the appropriate moments, and the reunion between Scarlett and Rhett is touching, if a bit contrived...
...interview yesterday, Epps characterized the clubs' activities as "a violation" of promises made to him last month by the inter-club council, a loosely-knit governing body for the nine final clubs. In July and September meetings with the council, Epps urged the clubs to act in accordance with alcohol regulations made by the College, the state and the federal government...
...list of things to do to cure boredom is pretty preposterous. Here are some things he says you should do instead of watching TV: learn to knit, learn to square dance, take up birdwatching, paint watercolors, learn to fly, visit a shut-in, be a tutor or write a letter. I'd rather watch a good "Brady Bunch" rerun...
After four days of pitching their hastily improvised vision of a loosely knit union of sovereign states to wary Soviet legislators, Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin tried to sell an equally skeptical audience on the viability of their new enterprise. In an extraordinary live broadcast orchestrated by ABC television that linked U.S. viewers with the Kremlin's St. George's Hall, the Soviet and Russian presidents sought to allay American fears that there would be any backsliding toward communism...