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Customers include Tibetans (Palsang estimates that the "close-knit" Boston-area Tibetan community numbers about 250) as well as local residents and college students...

Author: By Stephanie K. Clifford, | Title: The Reporter's Notebook | 3/11/1998 | See Source »

Searching for a "cherry waffle knit" to stave off the February chill? Dying for a "sky popover"? If you have a hearty appetite, you can devour pages of seemingly delectable delights--pages of the latest J. Crew catalog...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Search of Spearmint Wishes And Apricot Dreams | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

Sometimes becoming an interracial couple is a default for students at the College, where small or closely-knit ethnic groups may often prevent friends turning to lovers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Valentines And Veritas: Love Is Colorblind | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

...enable members of the same ethnicity to meet each other and develop friendships--in short, to interact socially. Harvard is a big and intimidating place, and many undergraduates find support in their smaller ethnic communities. Nguyen suggests that this is wrong; I assert that it is natural. Just as knitting circles are formed for people who like to knit together, one of the functions of ethnic groups is to provide a place where people of the same ethnicity can join together in a background of shared traditions, history, and culture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Don't Blend Ethnic Groups | 2/10/1998 | See Source »

...marked the beginning of the end. Next to him was his diminutive mother Wanda, 80, who had not seen her son Ted in 15 years, and family lawyer Anthony Bisceglie. A few minutes before 8, the door opened and the alleged bomber finally strode in, wearing a white cable-knit sweater and a striped dress shirt. David reached for his mother's hand as his older brother, looking neither left nor right, walked past them straight to his chair and sat down with his back to them. If he knew they were there, he gave no sign. David sighed deeply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Fits And Starts | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

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