Royal Threads

An Exquisite Glimmer.(Fashion)
Manila Bulletin; 12/24/2009; 913 words; ...great talent with needle and thread. He’s earned his...his home again, his loyal and royal clientele have proven oceans...a Sali dress, including Her Royal Highness Princess Adela bint...Sali can string a needle and thread, Philippine fashion can count...

NT: Territorians sweat out a sticky political build-up
AAP General News (Australia); 12/22/2009; 940 words; ...ofracial politics". The outspoken MP went so far as to call for a royal commission into the NT government'sspending on indigenous...Her shock exit left Labor clinging to power by the thinnest of threads, with only 11of the 25 seats - until Ms Scrymgour decided to...

Leinster's seven tries leave Scarlets reeling
The Sunday Telegraph London; 12/20/2009; 573 words; ...grabbed two tries each while Shane Horgan also crossed at the Royal Dublin Showgrounds. Full-back Kearney set the ball rolling...and chase but Scarlet's qualification hopes now hang by a thread. Scores: 5-0 Kearney try, 10-0 Kearney try, 15-0 Horgan...

76ers Celtics Basketball
AP Images; 12/18/2009; 227 words; Boston Celtics guard Tony Allen, center, threads between Philadelphia 76ers guards Willie Green (33) and Royal Ivey (12) on a drive to the basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Boston, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Warriors and 'peace-weavers' ; Continuing our series of articles on Anglo-Saxon Tamworth, we look this week at the role of women in Saxon society and profile one of the most powerful and successful women of the age, Aethelflaed - Lady of the Mercians
Tamworth Herald, The; 12/17/2009; 1082 words; ...skilled in embroidery on the staff of royal and noble households and religious establishments...sense, Saxon women also spun and wove the threads that held society together. One old English...Tamworth as the favoured place of the Royal Dynasty of Mercia. She had only one child...