Word: knitted
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...have some freshmen stars who will be showing us their stuff," captain Claire Goodman said last night. She added that she feels the team is "much stronger" than last season. "It's a closer knit group, partly because of the freshmen," she said...
...Hell's Kitchen of 1946, Paradise Alley tells the story of three close-knit Italian brothers who are able to break out of New York's slums on the strength of faith, perseverance and the fortunate circumstance that one happens to be an excellent wrestler. Stallone's Cosmo is an aspiring hustler who let his hair grow and donned an earring to avoid the draft. He is supposed to be an eccentric, funny, loveable guy, with a kind heart and an abundance of home-spun wisdom. Stallone, however, fails to give his character any depth. Cosmo is an amalgamation...
This article emphasized the worst elements of Southie and ignored the positive factors that give rise to a tightly-knit community. The authors failed to comment on such things as the extremely high electoral turnout that the politically active people of South Boston continually demonstrate. Strong community and religious involvement keep this neighborhood alive. If this style of journalism had been written about a black community, it would have been justly labelled as racist in that it stereotyped a community. The only difference is that Messrs. deMilo and Levenson are stereotyping a white working-class community instead of a black...
...loose-knit, often warring group of tribes speaking different dialects of a common language, the Celts occupied a territory that spread from Ireland to the edges of the Black Sea. Although they were avid hunters, they set a standard of orderly farming and cattle raising that has left its impact on European agriculture to this day. They were also expert ironsmiths who fabricated plowshares, scythes and even a primitive reaper two millenniums before Cyrus McCormick. They cut roads through the forests, sometimes paved them with timber and stone and rumbled over them in carriages that had wheels rimmed with iron...
...deserved it," said co-captain Mary Howard. While Seidler leads this year's unit via her cool, steely professionalism and determination, Howard represents a bubbly enthusiastic contrast. The Princeton win was particularly sweet for the four-year varsity vet, who believes this year's squad is the closest-knit ever...