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Word: knits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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START with a love triangle, its vertices a married couple and a single, widowed woman. Add that the three are artists living, year-round, next to a pond on the Cape. Toss in a schism that threatens to destroy forever the 10-year bond that had kept them knit together...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: A Love Triangle on the Cape | 7/18/1989 | See Source »

Within these structures, it would be virtually impossible to prevent homosexuals from having relationships, especially given the close-knit community men live in together in the military. It is not that homosexuals are any more inclined to sexuality than men or women (sic); the problem is that they are just as inclined, and there would be no way the military could prevent gay relationships from forming in the same way they can prevent heterosexual relationships from occurring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Explanation | 5/5/1989 | See Source »

...romance I mean romance in the archaic sense, in that it is a wisdom tale," she said, describing Temple of My Familiar, her latest work. Dressed in a purple knit sweater and matching headband, Walker spoke of its themes of womanhood and spirituality...

Author: By Amy B. Shuffelton, | Title: Pulitzer-Winning Author Alice Walker Visits Coop | 5/5/1989 | See Source »

Interviews lurch into free association: how the shopping malls in Thailand look just like the ones in Mississippi; why he hung real crystals on his black knit dresses ("The spiritual thing was cute, but mainly I liked the way they looked"); how maybe he lends clothes to certain actresses, "but Goldie Hawn paid cold cash"; reflections on culture ("I like museums -- but really fast. I can do a museum in half an hour"). Autobiography can be selective. He won't reveal his age (mid-30s by deduction). "It puts you in a category," he insists. "You're not fresh enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Original American In Paris: PATRICK KELLY | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

...candidate offhandedly: "Tell her she can do my show if she stops doing drugs." Meanwhile, the designer darts in and out of the sewing room, nipping a tuck here and pinning a fold there on a muslin pattern. Later, salesmen unload briefcases of fabrics. Kelly picks up a purple knit. He smells it. "Combien?" he inquires. The answer: 125 francs ($20) per meter. "Why so much?" Kelly challenges. The bargaining is serious: Kelly, whose dresses run from $395 to $2,200, builds his business on providing a less expensive alternative to other Paris-based designers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Original American In Paris: PATRICK KELLY | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

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