Word: thread
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...beautiful," Walser said. "It was a 'thread the needle' pass...
...some kind of hidden IQ test? Do McLaughlin and McDonald really think that the piece by Bridget L. Kerrigan '92 is on par with George Orwell? Do they really think that the anonymously published Gen Ed 105 paper is "cleverly written, funny and sardonic?" ("The semicolon is the common thread that casts a shadow over their efforts to pave the way for crossing a future bridge over non-racist waters...
...second thread running through the shows came right out of the headlines on Eastern Europe and the Soviet republics. Folklore abounded, and a little of it goes a long way. Saint Laurent reminded everyone that he got there first by starting his presentation with a reprise of his famous "rich peasant" couture collection of the mid-'70s. Ungaro's sumptuous clothes also paid homage to that look. The simplest pseudo peasant was Kenzo, who, with his customary lack of pretension, threw together vivid knit patterns and topped them off with enormous babushkas...
...breadlines and Hoovervilles, sweatshops and child labor were supposed to be relics of an uglier era. Yet behind barricaded storefronts in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, N.Y., immigrant women huddle over sewing machines, stitching $2 blouses that stores sell for $15.99. Beside them work children, some as young as eight, snipping thread and bagging dresses for as little as $2.50 an hour. The narrow aisles of the garment factories are cluttered beyond hope of reaching a fire exit, which in many instances are blocked by debris. In one plant, the wall around the plastic crucifix is peeling, the tin ceiling sagging...
...When Dax Cowart was critically burned in a propane- gas explosion near Henderson, Texas, he begged a passing farmer for a gun with which to kill himself. On his way to the hospital, he pleaded with the medic to let him die. For weeks his life hung by a thread. For more than a year, against his will, he endured excruciating treatment: his right eye and several fingers were removed, his left eye was sewn shut. His pain and his protests were unrelenting. One night he crawled out of bed to try to throw himself out a window...