Will you buy for me some saffron?

The cat tangled up all the threads.

Don't pull, or you'll tangle the threads.

Make sure you compile libmcrypt with the option disable posix threads.

Both artists use textiles, threads and fabrics in very creative ways.

The entire world has a massive interest in where these threads lead.

They differed in size and color, and the threads used were different, too...

So, Rosie runs around on skates and the other one ran on flat threads.

Here is a selection of comments on one of the news threads on Weibo

The recent saffron revolution in Burma presented China with not only a challenge, but also an opportunity to exert its influence.

On one of the news threads on Weibo, many said the water drinking stunt was unprofessional

The weft threads are usually wool or cotton, but may include silk, gold, silver, or other alternatives.

Even the most thuggish Burmese dictator must hesitate before unleashing lethal force on men dressed in the maroon and saffron robes of their faith.

At a somewhat deeper level, there are two conflicting threads running through the public debate surrounding the crisis.

This is why so many threads of discussion turn from potentially interesting citizen speculation to hate speech and paranoia.

Below are some of the critical comments gathered from various discussion threads on Weibo that have survived the cull

Right now, this very minute in chats, SMSes, open threads, elsewhere a consensus is being born about what actually happened.

Indeed, in coming decades, everything will be susceptible to major revision as new cross disciplines and undisciplined threads of study emerge.

Pulling the threads of Material Evidence reveals that it has exploited and fooled several individuals in its efforts to promote itself.

For example, under one of the most popular film review threads on Weibo, the following two comments have more than 10,000 likes

Admirably adept at weaving together all of Lebanon s political, religious, and nationalists threads, Hezbollah s leader, Hassan Nazrallah, is today the undisputed master of Lebanon.

The arms control agreements of the Cold War were never more than gossamer threads thrown over a nuclear beast never truly under anyone's control.

Chang Ping, exiled Chinese journalist based in Germany agreed that the real name registration is to stop anonymous comments on social media news threads

The regulations also contain a real name registration provision, which several analysts speculate are intended to eliminate anonymous commenting from social media news threads.

Men wear the badge on a ribbon (red with golden border threads) around their necks, and women on a bow at the left shoulder.

Syria s agony continues unabated sectarian attacks in Iraq are becoming more frequent and deadly the threads of Lebanon s fragile peace are fraying Jordan is awash in refugees

The 88 Generation leaders, including Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi, women activists like Su Su Nway, and others bravely expressed their grievances time and again in letters, statements, and public demonstrations prior to the Saffron Revolution.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao insists that China is a good neighbor, but much of what's been written in many recent blog posts and comment threads sort of suggests otherwise.

Jamii Forums hosts Reddit like comment and discussion threads on a range of mostly political topics, and also allows users to post documents and other materials to the site.

In comment threads online, in forums and social media apparently dominated by men, the discussion about lower back tattoos on women has more to do with aesthetics than health concerns.

Burma is a deeply religious country, where most men spend some time as Buddhist monks. Even the most thuggish Burmese dictator must hesitate before unleashing lethal force on men dressed in the maroon and saffron robes of their faith.

A different and healthy conservative response is possible if the tattered remnants of old threads, torn apart in the course of postcommunist modernization, can reconnect and grow together in a new way.

Surely we can begin to see certain common threads running through the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Arab revolutions, Iran, Syria, Egypt, and the spread of terror based on religious extremism.

Now, the beast is reawakening, the threads are snapping one after another, and the world faces the task, neglected for ten critical years, not so much of restoring as of reinventing the control of nuclear arms.

The Beauty and the Sorrow threads together the wartime experiences of 20 more or less unremarkable men and women, on both sides of the war, from schoolgirls and botanists to mountain climbers, doctors, ambulance drivers and clerks.

Sometimes he would sit for half an hour gazing at the saffron and red downy, wrinkled little face of the sleeping infant, watching the movements of the frowning little forehead and the plump little hands with the bent fingers and palms that rubbed the tiny eyes and nose.

And so whether that genius is placed into technological wizardry has been the great achievement of the West or by contrast, into unraveling the complex threads of memory inherent in a myth, is simply a matter of choice and cultural orientation.

Geographical proximity, an intense and bloody history of conflict with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, religious and emotional connections to Shi'a Iraq, and concerns about the United States and its policies in the region are all threads that tie Iran to its western neighbor.

It was the first CoolThreads CPU with multi processor capability and it made possible to build standard rack mounted servers that could simultaneously process up to massive 256 CPU threads in hardware (Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440), which is considered a record in the industry.

One of the threads that seems to have come through loud and clear in the last couple of days is this need to reconcile what the Big wants the Big being the organization, the system, the country and what the Small wants the individual, the person.

They were mere outlines for more serious measures, that, even when the Cold War ended ten years ago, were never put in place. Now, the beast is reawakening, the threads are snapping one after another, and the world faces the task, neglected for ten critical years, not so much of restoring as of reinventing the control of nuclear arms.

The plump, well nourished baby, as usual when she saw her mother, turned her little hands so fat that they looked as if the wrists had threads tied tightly round them palms downward and, smiling with her toothless mouth, began waving them as a fish moves its fins, making the starched folds of her embroidered frock rustle.

Geographical proximity, an intense and bloody history of conflict with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, religious and emotional connections to Shi'a Iraq, and concerns about the United States and its policies in the region are all threads that tie Iran to its western neighbor. Given ongoing tensions with America, Iran is particularly concerned with the likelihood of a continuing US presence next door, as well as with America's dominant role in shaping Iraq's post Saddam future.