Word: wool
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harold Willens, 58, calls himself "a dyed-in-the-wool capitalist." A wealthy Los Angeles realtor, he started out in utter poverty. "McGovern," says Willens, "is a man whose concerns are deeply human and deeply moral. As things are, we are putting our money where our myths are?like the myth of the domino theory?and we napalm little children and contravene the ideals for which this country was founded. We have lost our soul in Indochina, and this has created a fantastic crisis of confidence. People have lost faith in their Government, and the economy depends on confidence...
...ride itself is quiet, gentle-no lurching starts or jerking halts-and, above all, comfortable. Wool carpet covers the car floors, and there are no commuter straps above the cantilevered seats-the system hopes to provide each rider with a seat. Electronic equipment maintains a running check on each train's mechanical health. There are automatic doors, air conditioning and stations glowing in a dazzling, multicolored array of huge graphics, enamel murals, mosaic columns and Fiberglas reliefs...
...Navajo men hunted and raided, the women learned weaving from the tribe's more peaceful neighbors-and frequent victims-the Pueblos. At first they copied Pueblo styles, but they soon developed their own. As early as 1795, Governor Fernando Chacón observed that "they work their wool with more delicacy and taste than the Spaniards...
...earliest blankets that survive date from the late 18th century, mostly coarsely woven fragments that are striped in the natural sheep's wool colors of brown and white. Some of these were found by anthropologists in Canon del Muerto ("Massacre Cave"), where a number of Navajo families were slaughtered by Spanish soldiers in 1805. The relics lay undisturbed for years because the Navajos feared spiritual contamination by the dead...
VIEWING THE OFFERINGS one at a time, there are some exceptional pieces. Russian peasants are reknowned for their wood-carving skills, and I was happy to find a few segments of intricately-sculpted decorative house trim, plus about 30 wooden distaffs (for spinning wool into yarn). Half the distaffs are covered with figures of birds, animals, and fanciful arabesques in bright tempera; the others are blond wood so delicately carved that they give the impression of lace. A great find was a group of clever toy whistles made by craftsmen in the Arkhangelsk and Tula regions from 1890 through...