Word: wool
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Will said current legislators are prone to support impractical programs, such as subsidies on honey and wool production, because of pressure to gain support for future elections...
Meanwhile, on Newbury Street, stylish clientele slip into slightly-worn Levi's, and admire soft plaid wool jackets. At Strutter's, a clean, refined boutique on the trendiest street in the city, modern track lights illuminate brilliant white walls and the expensive hand-embroidered shirts which hang there. Salespeople serve as fashion consultants, hovering near dressing rooms, offering advice on how to coordinate outfits. Their customers admire themselves in full-length mirrors, examining the cut and style of a vintage piece. An earth-toned flannel shirt and matching hunting jacket are prominently displayed together as one of the many luscious...
Says another Harvard biology professor: "A real professional who wants to cheat will pull wool over anybody's eyes...
Hagerty became inspired to try to do something about the Cold War threat by building an economic common ground. In 1985 he bought wool from a Soviet dealer as the first trade deal of his new company, "Peace Fleece," whose motto is "To build trust through trade...
...nineteenth century and you had the power of self-expression and self-insight that would be necessary to write the way Cambridge does, there was a good chance you'd acquired those skills from the Bible. [So] there was a damned good chance you were a dyed-in-the-wool Christian, and [that] you had a very strange and haughty and self-regarding view of yourself vis a vis the other slaves. You would think you were better, different...