Even Bhutto applauded when he binned the law that had allowed the president to dismiss a PM with the most threadbare of excuses -- usually at the behest of the military.

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We're not as much of a fan of the threadbare 16GB of storage that's supposedly in the cards, though, even with a new Android 4.1.2 build in store.

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With the clock running down, Braga won a free kick and Matheus thundered a shot past a threadbare defensive wall and the ball dipped under the crossbar to leave an embarrassed Zaluska flapping at thin air.

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Imagine a large cartographic quilt, tightly stitched in parts but with ragged and jagged edges, with bright patches and threadbare ones in the middle.

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