No single thread connects either the unicameralists or their opponents.

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There are no 800-thread-count sheets, no Michelin-starred restaurants along the way (even if most hikers seem able to afford such luxuries).

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Despite years of Japanese imitation and decades of increased silk cultivation throughout the world, there is no beating Chinese silk thread.

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The plot is no more than a thread: Barnabas must revive the Collins fortune whilst fending off the attentions, both amorous and savage, of a sorceress named Angelique (Eva Green).

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Apparently this issue has been discussed on Apple's own web forums for months, but the particular thread was recently locked for no reason, reports AppleDefects.

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No-one has made a spool of hagfish thread yet, but scientists are working on it.

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She too would have had to thread her way gingerly among the pot holes no doubt frightened that her donkey might take fright with all the shouting and shoving.

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But there's no doubt that he runs through Marwa's story like a bright thread through a dark tapestry.

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No matter how hard you try, your email box is just a never ending piece of thread that you continually tug at, only to find more, and more, and more.

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Dear friends, dear lawgivers, dear parliamentarians, you are picking up a thread of pride and self-esteem that has been almost but not quite, oh no not quite, not ever broken or forgotten.

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