Word: knitting
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...Monday, Harvard’s normally close-knit team was divided by a sporting event held thousands of miles away...
...penchant for protectionism could bust his big plans for brassieres. Asset Underwear, which grossed $10 million in exports last year, recently began negotiating with Sara Lee, maker of Playtex and Wonderbra, to produce some of its lingerie. But the new quotas on Chinese bras, bathrobes and knit fabrics have forced the Chicago company to withdraw. Yang is mystified. "Why can't the Americans stick to making what we can't?" he asks. "For little things like bras, nobody can compete with China...
...Even from the beginning, [auditions are] really about creating a tightly knit group,” says Ma. He cites the dance callbacks, where each group calls out the steps for one another. “It’s like, ‘Turn, clap, turn, clap, step, step!’” he demonstrates, growing even more animated than usual...
Jumper: Sweater—but can be both knit or jersey...
...Secretaries in the past, the extraordinary recent performance of Donald Evans before the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing set a new low. What's more, Evans' speech turned out to be a precursor to action: in mid-November the Administration imposed quotas on Chinese-made bathrobes, bras and knit fabrics. Washington said it was merely enforcing a safeguard provision that China had already agreed to, though that was 2.7 million lost jobs ago. Now the fragile recovery of the global economy--and Washington's burgeoning partnership with Beijing--has been imperiled for no good reason...