Word: woven
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...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...
Which is not to disparage the artistic qualities of The Taxi. At her most confessional, most obsessive, most uncomfortable points, Leduc was always a powerful writer. The Taxi is skillfully woven, tightly and eloquently written. There is not a spare word in the entire book, nothing out of place, never a sentence used where a word would do. Leduc was a master at achieving effects, and always produced exactly what she intended. By dispensing with all the boring conventions of story-telling and relying completely on dialogue. Leduc achieves her desired impact quickly, and with maximum impression...
Drama has an affinity for detection. Almost every play has elements of mystery and surprise. It is like a nest of clues that must be woven together in the course of an evening to reveal some final, unified meaning...
...piano) reveals some of the latent talent of the group. Wayne Lipton's cello is a distinguishing factor in the group's overall sound and is employed with stunning effectiveness to counterpoint the guitar work. Particularly in Hunt's Desert Bones are both instruments combined in a tight-woven harmony with Lipton's cello providing an eerie backdrop for the song's haunting lyrics...
...however"s; in light of Arnheiter's suit, had retained his first draft. But happily for the reader, Sheehan decided to scrap the 120,000 word manuscript which resulted from his first efforts, adopting instead straight dialogue and third person narrative. The end product is a spry and carefully-woven chronicle of the career of one of the Navy's most public lunatics...