Word: knitted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been invited to participate. The Thais' idea was to show how fast SEATO power could come to the aid of Bangkok, in a demonstration that SEATO is no "paper tiger." The U.S. Navy called it "Operation Firm Link" and declared it was intended to "signify the close-knit ties among the SEATO nations...
...defiance of the British rule. "We shall fight the White Paper as if there were no war, and the war as if there were no White Paper," he said. The illegal immigration, the organization of which he left as always to enthusiastic young followers, helped build a solid, well-knit and trained community to fight for the state after World War II. When Ben-Gurion proclaimed Israel's independence in 1918 (against the advice of U.S. Secretary of State George...
...Well-knit Work. The rippling second movement gave no clear idea of tonal home base, but it developed a comic effect as it progressed through subtly different rhythms. The third movement, again in pensive tempo, gave the soloist another long melody that breathed nostalgically of twilight among ruins, then let it sigh into a noontime atmosphere with a passage in octaves, then into a recitative of murmurous beauty, where Oistrakh's instrument spoke in unevenly repeated notes. The solo cadenza started with simple triads in different keys, then confronted them with each other in a clashing dissonance, then became...
...line. In the early war years -when he made headlines because he stood duty as a fire fighter in Leningrad-he completed his highly touted Symphony No. 7, which in fact was a ragtag and feeble-though thunderous-work. But Shostakovich's new Concerto is strong and well-knit-particularly as played by Violinist Oistrakh...
...paper's five trustees decide to sell? First, said Publisher Clarence Bloodworth Hanson, 47, nephew of the late publisher, because the tightly knit team of trustees had been weakened only the week before by the retirement of James E. ("Chap") Chappell, 70, as president and editor. "That made us think of when others might have to step out," explained Hanson. Moreover, he said, the offer came to $8,804.70 for each share of News stock-an immense temptation when weighed against "so ephemeral and risky a business as the newspaper business...