Word: stitches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...arrives, she notes, "Grace was at an interesting sociological moment: the teenagers inhaled MTV and all wanted to look like convicted felons, but at the same time, nobody here was worried yet about razor blades in apples." And the matriarchs who make up the town sewing circle, called the Stitch and Bitch Club, are both amusing and formidable...
...mining company. Kingsolver introduces other complications, particularly the fate of Hallie, who has been captured by the U.S.-supported contras. To say everything is resolved happily would be misleading, but one hint may be allowed. Anyone who thinks a giant mining concern is any match for the Grace Stitch and Bitch Club has a lot to learn about eco-feminist novels...
...first-round results made clear the country's overwhelming preference for two center-right parties, the Hungarian Democratic Forum (25% of the vote) and the Alliance of Free Democrats (21%). Since neither of the front runners is likely to win an outright majority in the next round, talks to stitch together a governing coalition with the Independent Smallholders' Party and other parties quickly got under...