Word: knitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Congress, a loosely knit "reform caucus" of 50 members, ranging from conservative Republicans to liberal Democrats, has tried to steer a course between the hawks, who would give the generals whatever they request, and the doves, who are dedicated to beating all new weapons into food stamps. "Our emphasis is not on where we can cut, but where we can replace with something more cost effective," says Democratic Senator Gary Hart of Colorado, one of the group's founders. Among the leading members are Democratic Senators Carl Levin of Michigan...
Commented Spencer Brog, now three years on the squad. "The deference this year is that we really were a team. In an individual event like squash, that's rarely achieved. That was mostly due to our captains. They really made us a close knit unit...
...guess Frank is just the carrier. The disease, the bubonic plague, is knowing that our O.R. is just a three-day pass that wounded kids are given before being shipped back to the front. We knit and purl and offer kind words and jokes so bad even Milton Berle wouldn't steal them. For me, joking is therapeutic. It's the only way I have of opening my mouth without screaming...
After breakfast, three to four hours of classes begin. There are lectures in obligations to parents and children, social roles of men and women and their places in the tightly knit Japanese society. There is also vigorous physical activity, team efforts to move tree trunks, for example, or cement benches. Finally comes the climax, the dip in the icy Isuzu...
...NOTEBOOK: The raquetmen became such a close knit group during their 10-day journey through England in mid-November Dinnean said. "It was a different kind of squash, playing with a soft ball and larger courts. But playing against teams that were better than us, and six matches in 10 days, really sharpened our game...