Word: woven
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...result is a mixed entertainment, more engrossing than enthralling, that leads moviegoers down a long hall of distorted mirrors, then pulls the expertly woven rug of plausibility from under their feet to reveal the scary graffiti on the floor. Whether you feel enlightened or swindled is your call. But stick around for the final scene, where self-knowledge may redeem the biggest monster on Shutter Island...
Asmara’s appeal doesn’t lie in an outward ambience of grandeur; if the dozen glass-top tables anchor the restaurant’s atmosphere in the thoroughly familiar, the more traditional mesobs—woven basket-tables common in Ethiopia and Eritrea—that punctuate the dining space, coupled with the dimly buzzing lighting, compensate by insisting on a thoroughly exotic intimacy...
...there's good reason to doubt Greece will find any quick fix for its tax problems. Like other southern European nations, the country's culture of tax evasion is deeply rooted, woven into the very fabric of relations between the citizen and state. "Greeks love their country, but they don't trust it," says a small businessman who asked to be called Dimitris, saying he feared repercussion from the authorities if he gave his real name. "They tell us the state is broken. There is no money for health, for pensions, for education. On the other hand, we see people...