textile
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“They have but one part worth looking at,” said Gainsborough, whose father was a merchant in textiles, “and that is their Purse.”
She’s published a dozen books on textiles, sewing, pattern design and more, and collaborated with major design houses.
Abel said in his first letter to shareholders Saturday that he plans to follow the blueprint that Warren Buffett began mapping decades ago to transform a struggling textile company into a sprawling conglomerate.
His examples include textile manufacturing in the 19th century, and the spread of ATMs in the 1980s.
The Luddite movement, which predated the Swing Riots, was led by textile workers convinced that power-operated looms would permanently impoverish the middle class.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
