A textile is a piece of cloth that has been formed by weaving, knitting,pressing or knotting together individual pieces of fiber.

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Fortunes will begin to be made in the textile industry and in the railroad industry by the '40s and '50s, and in a host of other ways, real fortunes.

在40 50年代的时候,纺织业和铁路工业将会制造大量的财富,另一些方面,真正的机遇

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Both were interested in the idea of making a textile piece from silk of the golden orb spider.

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Or, since the language could also be translated into the seven colors of the rainbow, sentences could be woven into a textile as a stream of colors.

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The company he transformed from a struggling textile maker into a sprawling conglomerate involved in insurance, railroads, utilities and manufacturing remains closely identified with him and followers are skeptical that any one person, or several, can consistently beat the market the way Mr. Buffett has over four decades.

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In colonial days, their skills resulted in many of them being forced into obrajes (textile workshops), creating a textile trade that continues freely today.

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