Word: thread
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Iceman was well prepared for the Alpine chill. His basic garment was an unlined fur robe made of patches of deer, chamois and ibex skin. Though badly repaired at many points, the robe had been cleverly whipstitched together with threads of sinew or plant fiber, in what appears to be a mosaic-like pattern, belying the popular image of cavemen in crude skins. "The person who made the clothes initially was obviously skilled. This indicates that the Iceman was in some way integrated into a community," says prehistorian Egg, who is restoring the clothes at the Roman-Germanic Central Museum...
...truth, sexual identity is a complex weave spun of desire, fantasy, conduct and belief; pulling on any one thread distorts the fabric. Even defining one's own sexual orientation can be difficult. Avowed lesbians sometimes sleep with men, and men who describe themselves as straight engage in sex with other men. In many Latin societies, men do not consider themselves bisexual or gay unless they take the passive-receptive role during sex. Moreover, sexuality is as much a state of mind as an act of body. People may be attracted to someone but unwilling to act on their desires...
...always said the agreement to protect the airport from ground attack was hanging by a very fine thread. When you start taking mortar fire on the bunkers our people are living in and on the tarmac, that is a serious escalation. Before, we were able to justify putting our finger in the flame despite fighting going on close to the airport. The odd round dropping short can be rationalized, but not when the airport is being directly targeted...
Wetlaufer, who herself worked for The Crimson, the Associated Press and the Miami Herald, has a reporter's eye for detail that brings a dose of real life quirkiness to her tale. In one scene Manuel pauses to toy with a gold thread hanging form the robe of the statue of Jesus mounted on the dashboard of his black Camaro...
...Crane, the star of TV's Hogan's Heroes, was bludgeoned to death in his bed in Scottsdale, Ariz. The crime remained unsolved for 14 years, until investigators re-examined a thread of brain tissue found in a rental car. Last week they arrested John Henry Carpenter, a video-equipment salesman, and charged him with the murder, which he denies. Forensic scientists matched the tissue with a sample from Crane's bloody pillowcase. Complained Carpenter's attorney: "How the flesh sample was overlooked for 14 years is beyond...