But this place truly is the sort of spot where the island's many identities - Malay, Chinese, Indian, British colonial, modern tourist - thread together into a beautiful knot.

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Water is the common thread that links together much of what you addressed: poverty reduction, food security, and reducing vulnerability to disasters.

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While we could define these missions by their tragic endings, I prefer to reflect on the common thread that weaves their stories together.

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Through it wanders a group of travelling musicians, and, if anything binds the film together, it is the thread of their melancholy tunes.

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The common thread that ties the Nationals, Orioles and Mets together: Davey Johnson in the dugout.

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Needles pierce fabric and carry thread through it, allowing the user to stitch together materials.

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The ability to pull together all these messages from different systems into a unified thread is definitely valuable in some contexts.

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But looking at them together, as I did, there was a common thread that ran through the photographs of these Power Women: like my mother, they are 57 and stunning.

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