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The original name of tweed fabric was "tweel", the Scots word for twill, as the fabric was woven in a twill weave rather than a plain (or tabby) weave.A number of theories exist as to how and why "tweel" became corrupted into "tweed"; in one, a London merchant in the 1830s, upon receiving a letter from a Hawick firm inquiring after "tweels", misinterpreted the spelling as a trade name taken ...
The Harris Tweed Authority was established in 1993, replacing the Harris Tweed Association under the terms of the Harris Tweed Act 1993. In early 1990, the UK was reviewing its trade mark law with the intention of moving towards a single trade mark system for the whole European Community. The Harris Tweed Association had already faced ...
Crofter Hand Woven Harris Tweed Co Ltd v Veitch [1941] UKHL 2 is a landmark UK labour law case on the right to take part in collective bargaining. However, the actual decision which appears to allow secondary action may have been limited by developments from the 1980s. Lord Wright famously affirmed that:
Made to fit your 11" iPad Pro, 10.9" iPad Air, or 12.9" iPad Pro (even with a keyboard case!), this folio features plenty of mesh pockets and elasticized segments for your accessories, as well as ...
Apple iPad (9th Generation) $275 $329 Save $54 This iPad might be a few years old, but it offers one of the best value propositions of any tablet on the market.
A John Ryan panel from the 1959 Eagle Annual No. 8: Harris Tweed in Man Eater!. Harris Tweed was a British comic strip series, fully named Harris Tweed, Special Agent, later retitled Harris Tweed – Super Sleuth, which appeared in the British comic strip magazine The Eagle (1950–1962).
Elections in Harris County, Texas, home to Houston, the state's biggest city, are coming under the microscope this week as the Democratic stronghold faces unprecedented intervention from the state ...
In late March 2011, the iPad 2 was released alongside iOS 4.3, [28] [29] which primarily introduced Airplay Mirroring and Home Sharing among other features. [30] On October 12, 2011, upon the release of the iPhone 4s, the iPad was upgradable to the iOS 5 firmware update which brought over 200 new user features to iOS compatible devices including Notification Center, iMessage, Reminders, and an ...