Word: knitted
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...example, three muscles control the human eyebrow, shaping that portion of the face into an exponential number of expressions. Feeling distressed? Those muscles unconsciously knit the brows together and upward, pulling the eyes up at the inner corner. Think of that classic vision of perpetual existential angst, Woody Allen. It's a facial expression that O'Sullivan says can be performed by skilled actors like Allen. But, she says, "for most people when that [expression occurs], they're feeling distressed, and most people cannot make that movement voluntarily. So if you can't make it voluntarily then it's going...
...parties that competed in the election have nearly identical platforms, but accusations (mild by Western standards) of influence-peddling and smear tactics have begun to enter the discourse, and people are worrying that Bhutan's close-knit society will suffer. Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye, Bhutan's Chief Justice and the main architect of the draft constitution, understands that there should be political debate but laments that differences are splitting villages and even families. "I don't think we should be enslaved to the nature of politics," he says...
...role as one of the club’s veterans, a senior who remembers the talent and cohesiveness of the ’05 Ivy title squad. Jenkins and the other seniors have made what he calls “a conscious effort” to recreate the close-knit chemistry they enjoyed their rookie season.“We have the makings of a team that is as good, if not better, than that team,” he says.Through three years with the Crimson, Jenkins saw the field mainly as a late-inning defensive replacement or a right...
...Displaced Yalies are inconvenienced both by a feeling of isolation and also by the lack of a dining hall. But like Harvard Quadlings, Yale’s swing space residents do become quite close-knit...
...continually amazed by the richness of College life here. Cambridge Colleges (there are 31) have much that Harvard Houses lack—to begin, a truly tight-knit community. Each has its own social spaces, including a bar, in addition to a social calendar that features a regular flow of themed parties and formal dinners. Moreover, each College boasts dozens of extracurricular societies. While Cambridge undergraduates are as busy with extracurriculars as anyone at Harvard, what seems radically different here is the sense of importance that students attribute to their non-academic pursuits. There is, perhaps, less at stake. Extracurriculars...