Sentences with phrase «knit groups in»

Next, the researchers identified the most tightly knit groups in each network and determined how much their members changed over time.

Orcas form tight - knit groups in the wild, each with its own dialect, so scientists think that their ability to learn new sounds may be key to how they communicate and interact with one other.

Although many bookstores do well with craft titles and host knitting groups in their stores, HugoBookstores may be the only one to begin selling yarn.

Not exact matches

Launched in 2003, they were to be the SWAT units of the capital markets — crack, tightly knit groups of financial investigators, legal advisers, forensic accountants and other specialists.

For the shaky new convert the mission organization provides a closely knit «in - group» where he is both accepted and needed.

No other, however closely knit with me in some grouping, is an extension of myself; to think that way, above all to act as if that were the case, is destructive of the giving and receiving that can characterize human belonging when it is functioning at its best.

What we shall be considering is the relatively close - knit unit or group, composed of a few people — normatively, of course, a family in the ordinary sense but also other possible associations that involve the presence of a person with several others, so that there can be an expression of belonging, with mutual love and concern, sympathy, and understanding, and hence the opportunity and occasion for enrichment and growth in each of the participants.

The «close - knit» sense was due largely «to extensive use of small - group fellowship in megachurches,» said principal researcher Scott Thumma of the seminary - based Hartford Institute for Religion Research.

In 1963 he resigned his professorship at Wisconsin and moved to LaJolla, California, where he was one of the founders of the Center for the Studies of the Person, a loose - knit training - research group of persons from various helping professions.

If one lives in a culture or closely knit social group in which there are strong sanctions against heavy drinking and drunkenness, the chances of becoming an alcoholic are relatively small, even if one is markedly disturbed psychologically.

Consider this quote from Stuart Murray's The Naked Anabaptist: «The Anabaptist movement began as a loose - knit coalition of groups who were forming in various places across central Europe — the sixteenth century equivalent of the «emerging church.

The Spurs boss is confident that his tight - knit group are in it for the long haul as they continue to chase Premier League glory for the second season running.

Perhaps it is the need to preserve this close knit group that is making the boss very careful in the transfer market but is it not more important to keep all our current players happy and fighting for each other, than risking it by signing a player with the wrong attitude?

With at least six players experienced in rejection, a feeling of togetherness immediately bound the players in to a tight - knit group.

Whether Allegri decides to play with three in the back or four, this group is one of the most tight - knit and stingy in history.

Meeting for all matches at Finn McCool's Irish Pub, what was once a couple of familiar faces in red has become a close - knit group of Arsenal supporters.

We see some of that informally in friendship groups that spring up over a bottle of wine (or two) or knitting circles and some more formally in studios and guilds (procrastination warning: this is a great Wikipedia article).

Plus you can find out who else is similar knitting projects, join groups of like - minded knitters, and revel in the community.

For instance, I'd always wanted to have a close - knit group of friends, more creativity in my work, and a lifestyle that would give me the leeway to write longer articles and books.

I joined Ravelry, an online knitting & crochet community, and started a group there that actually meets in real life once a week.

It's difficult to name an Assembly Democrat considered an «ally» for the governor these days in that chamber as the conference remains a large, but close - knit group.

Heathcote thinks that the tighter - knit friendships that come from small groups allow guppies to more effectively cooperate in their predator avoidance activities.

Matriarchs are at the hub of a complex, multilayered social network, and we are now getting insights into the nature of the ties that bind these close - knit groups and the key role that wise old leaders play in enhancing the survival of their members.

For each area, they combed the historical and anthropological records to work out when people first started living in close - knit groups.

«People tend to behave like people, whether they're in a prehistoric world, a business, a knitting group, or a video game.

But comparing the sensor data with the economists» survey data, Waber found the opposite: Bankers belonging to a small, tight - knit group of co-workers who spoke frequently with one another — an indicator of what social scientists call social cohesion — were not only happier in their jobs, they also got more work done, shared ideas faster and divvied up tasks more efficiently.

Combining sensor data with employee surveys and performance results, he noticed that operators in tight - knit groups were happier and twice as efficient at making their calls than those in less socially cohesive groups.

BURP What it is: The Big and Ugly Rendering Project (BURP) is still in its infancy, but it's already attracted a close - knit group of 3D animation enthusiasts.

By 2006 Deisseroth had a tight - knit group of 15 who took frequent excursions to local Indian buffets and In - N - Out Burger when they were not working intensely side by side.

Wu You Zhi Xiang, a loose - knit group known in English as Utopia, is gathering signatures on an open letter denouncing genetically modified (GM) crops.

As part of the University of Oklahoma's Multi-Cultural Engineering Program, Simmons joined a close - knit group of students and admired faculty member Pamela McCauley - Bell, a former welfare recipient and teen mother who earned a PhD in engineering — the first black woman in Oklahoma to do so.

Vite noted that his work on NPC is unique not only because of the tight - knit group of researchers who freely share data and speak regularly about new directions to take in their work but also for the role of parents and families of children who are affected by the disease.

Female elephants live in tight - knit matrilineal family groups so mutations in mtDNA, which is passed from mothers to offspring, are closely tied to geographic populations.

Like many of his notions, Bourbaki existed only in the abstract: he was the pseudonym for a tight - knit group of young Parisian researchers.

Is this sense of fairness a holdover from the days when we lived in close - knit hunter - gatherer groups, or did it evolve as society evolved?

In other words, fairness to strangers — who would be regarded with antagonism or at least mistrust in small, close - knit hunter - gatherer groups — is a behavior that has evolved along with other norms in complex societieIn other words, fairness to strangers — who would be regarded with antagonism or at least mistrust in small, close - knit hunter - gatherer groups — is a behavior that has evolved along with other norms in complex societiein small, close - knit hunter - gatherer groups — is a behavior that has evolved along with other norms in complex societiein complex societies.

Matt Pollard, Lead STEM Teacher at Paradise Creek Regional High School in Moscow and an enthusiastic advocate of the program expressed, «It's been fun to watch the growth of Science After Hours from a small loose knit group of friends and colleagues to a larger get - there - early - to - get - a-seat affair; its growth has been spectacular, warranting larger venues.

They live in tightly knit social groups, have complex relationships, communicate with each other using language - like vocalizations, and even have regional dialects.

Choosing to show a little more skin than Kate at the same Fashion Group International party, Doutzen wears a black V - neck Missoni gown with see - through knit panels and skirt in N.Y.C.

It's a little strange being at that age where my friends are starting to drift to other places (especially in his case), but it's nice to still have such a tight - knit group that we still make it possible to see each other.

Many Asians in America will maintain a very strong connection to their home country (oftentimes even supporting their family back home) and look to create a similar close - knit community in the US, whether it is through a church group or another type of organization.

The ensemble drama is told through a series of vignettes that begins with the first New York Times report on the mysterious «cancer» that had resulted in the deaths of a growing number of homosexual men and ends eight years later, after the disease has thoroughly and devastatingly affected the movie's close - knit core group of characters.

As we come to get to know the mild - mannered hippie members of the cell, we're treated to such fun and sensual scenes as the tight - knit group solidifying their trust in each other by dressing in straitjackets and feeding one another, communal bathing in the local waterway, and playing «spin the bottle» and asking for lingering hugs and sexy kisses.

Although there is «honor among thieves», when things fall apart and they suspect a dishonor has been committed, this close - knit group ends up fending for themselves in a hurry.

First came Martin Scorsese's Oscar - scooping epic The Departed, then Ben Affleck chipped in with The Town, both movies driven by their portrayal of tightly - knit groups of characters immovably rooted in their native Bostonian soil.

Embracing the theatrical fun of»80s horror — a welcome change after the self - consciously raw and edgy V / H / S movies — the segments in this 10 - part anthology were directed back - to - back on the same suburban street by a tight - knit group of directors, many of whom call each other friends.

A tight - knit improv group fractures after one member gets a TV gig in Mike Birbiglia's bittersweet comedy

Richard Linklater is America's most distinguished auteur in the subgenre of movies in which a tight knit group of men just kind of hang out for two hours.

What's the Fuss: In this third installment of the popular dance franchise, a tight - knit group of street dancers, including Luke (Rick Malambri) and Natalie (Sharni Vinson), team up with NYU freshman Moose (Adam G. Sevani) only to find themselves pitted against the world's best breakdancers in a high - stakes showdown that will change their lives foreveIn this third installment of the popular dance franchise, a tight - knit group of street dancers, including Luke (Rick Malambri) and Natalie (Sharni Vinson), team up with NYU freshman Moose (Adam G. Sevani) only to find themselves pitted against the world's best breakdancers in a high - stakes showdown that will change their lives forevein a high - stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.

Through the tight knit group, he finds identity and belonging, and a sense of family he hasn't felt since the death of his father in the British war in the Falkland Islands.