Word: stitch
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Clinton was never going to avoid running into domestic Israeli politics on her visit. Livni's centrist Kadima Party posted a narrow win in Feb. 10 parliamentary elections but has been unable to stitch together a governing coalition. Now the hawkish Netanyahu is trying his luck, turning to the right wing and orthodox religious parties and possibly a breakaway faction of the Labor Party. (See pictures of 60 years of Israel...
...Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes” provides more than just a glimpse of what Everett’s life with the Pirahã was like. Though he does spin a number of colorful but disparate narrative threads, the cross-stitch that binds them all together is his research. In fact, the whole second part of the book is geared toward explaining many of the findings that have helped Everett make a name for himself in the academic world (though much of this bubbles up in the former part of the text as well). According to Everett?...
...White House's hope of reaching a peace accord between the Israelis and the Palestinians suffered a fatal blow on Sunday when Tzipi Livni, the Israeli foreign minister and leader of the governing Kadima party, informed President Shimon Peres that she was unable to stitch together a new ruling coalition...
...Alchemist. All together, a majority of the tracks on the album are hot, whether for the club or for a stereo. So here’s the big question: if hip-hop is truly dead, as Nas tells us, does Dr. Carter have the schooling to revive it and stitch it back together? Who’s the best rapper of all time? Most people will say “Notorious B.I.G.” or “Tupac,” two candidates to the throne but also the most famous martyrs of rap’s sometimes...
...rickety ceiling fans stir the stale air in a cramped room in New Delhi where 10 men hunch over bright fabrics, sewing shorts to be sold overseas. "I get paid 24 rupees [56 cents] for every piece I stitch," says 31-year-old Amjad Ali. "But I'm sure it's very expensive when it sells abroad." Ali works a lot of overtime at this garment subcontractor, with no holidays, yet he can still barely support his wife...