Word: woven
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...acutely aware of the increasing influence of science on society, and it makes every effort to prevent its students from becoming ivory-tower drudges. Says President Stratton: "Science and engineering no longer can be taken in isolation from the rest of the problems of our society-they are woven in the whole fabric of our industry, economy and federal life." With each passing year the humanities come in for greater attention at M.I.T.; its humanities faculty numbers some 120. Its economics department is one of the best, and M.I.T. Economists Walt Rostow and Paul Samuelson are among President Kennedy...
...enduring qualities of Massachusetts-the common threads woven by the Pilgrim and the Puritan, the fisherman and the farmer, the Yankee and the immigrant-will not be and could not be forgotten in this nation's executive mansion. They are an indelible part of my life, my conviction, my view of the past, and my hopes for the future...
...tangle of secretive tribes with peculiar habits. The wily Daflas wear jockey caps with feathers; Gallong girls can have multiple husbands; the Tangsas dress in scotch-plaid sarongs. Apa Tani women are adorned with nose plugs and large, looped earrings, while Hill Miri girls wear tight petticoats of woven cane that give them a mincing walk. The Abors love to dance and fight, and the Mishmis, though remarkably handsome, have nevertheless been described by European explorers as being "excessively dirty" as well as "deceitful and bloodthirsty devils...
Plastic Fences. Strips of woven Saran plastic to be interlaced between posts to make a translucent fence were put on sale by Weblite, Inc., Mineola, L.I. Colors are turquoise, green or white. Price for 50 ft. of 5-ft.-high fence, installed-yourself...
...unadulterated slop," and "the product of much cider drunk at Saint-Malo." If Prendergast felt the sting, he left no record of it. His brush became still looser, his rhythms more intricate, his outlines so subtle that his paintings almost began to look as if they had been woven. But for all their technical innovations, his works con tinued to reflect a childlike world eternally at play...