Word: stitch
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...interview just after his appointment as the czar, Epps said associates warned him in 1980 not to get mired in a controversy over race relations. He acknowledged the precariousness of his position, as the sole Black administrator, trying to represent an over-whilmingly white administration struggling to stitch together an increasingly diverse, polarized campus...
HUSBANDS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO PUT OFF THAT simple snip-and-stitch vasectomy procedure their wives have been urging now have a new excuse. According to a pair of reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association, men who have had vasectomies are 1 1/2 times as likely to develop prostate cancer as men who have not had the operation. Harvard's Dr. Edward Giovannucci, who directed both studies, speculates that the reduction in seminal fluids to the prostate gland could trigger the development of a malignancy. But no one knows for certain how that might happen. Moreover...
...couture industry means virtually everything. Seamstresses are hunched over exquisite embroidery. Bodice? Belt? So far the delicate pieces have no discernible shape. The designer, a robust, immaculately tailored figure who seems to be everywhere yet remains cool amid the hubbub, warns two tailors not to put so many stitches in a vibrant aqua trench coat. "Every stitch can pull," he sighs. "Silk is a very hard fabric to tailor...
Epps says associates warned him in 1980 not toget mired in a controversy over race relations. Heacknowledges the precariousness of his position,as a Black man trying to represent anoverwhelmingly white administration and strugglingto stitch together an increasingly diverse campus...
Epps says associates warned him in 1980 not toget mired in a controversy over race relations. Heacknowledges the precariousness of his position,as a Black man trying to represent anoverwhelmingly white administration and strugglingto stitch together an increasingly diverse campus...