Word: knitting
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...want gays to move in, and conservative charitable groups that don't want to serve gays--are increasingly using the First Amendment as a shield. At the heart of these conflicts is this question: If all Americans must eventually associate with gay people, even in a close-knit setting like a Scout troop, how will some continue to express their contrary moral views about gays...
Residents see the annual event, at which audience members race to outbid each other for items donated by their classmates, as a sign of a tight-knit community...
...Greek grandmother used to knit me sweaters, elaborate wool concoctions in white, gray and blue. Each sweater took a good three months to make, and I was a growing child she hadn't seen in years. So she'd call and have my mother take careful measurements: How long is her arm, her back, her shoulders? And how quickly is she growing...
Fellows emphasize that the society is a tight-knit community...
...decision McCain faces will mirror a tension that ran throughout his campaign between the close-knit group of advisers who traveled with him and the handful of Washington powerbrokers and lawmakers who supported his campaign. The traveling advisers who are his closest confidants are true believers in the McCain crusade and grumble that D.C. insiders like former Congressman Vin Weber, former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein and even Hagel are negotiating out of school. The palace guard believes these outside advisers are boxing McCain into a deal that values party unity over McCain's cause. Duberstein spoke several times...