The phrase 'major threads' is a valid and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to a common theme or idea underlying a complex topic or situation. For example, "After presentations from the various stakeholders, it became clear that the major threads of the debate were limited resources and the implications of new technology."
Most critics, in fact, will have never seen this latest version before they see one that greatly changes major threads of the story, choreography and songs".
At the same time, Keane leaves some of the major threads of Havel's personal life dangling: the death of Olga, Havel's wife of 45 years and a major figure in the earlier chapters, is appended as an afterthought to a chapter on Havel's second marriage to a young actress.
One of the major threads that emerged after the news of an attack in January on Sergei Filin, the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, was just how much ballet matters in Russia, how passionate the fans there are, and how important the Bolshoi is to Russia's national identity.
Besides music, one of the other major threads of my life was the idea of space of this vast galaxy and the infinite black above us.
Finally, after summarizing the growth in three age-group partitions, some of the major threads of development are noted under the heading of continuities from the past and perspectives into the future.
Epic fireballers, he once told me, are one of the major threads running throughout the game, from Walter Johnson and Smoky Joe Wood to today's stars like Lincecum.
The question of readiness has been a major thread running through the Clinton-Obama race.
Self-invention is a major thread in this biography of the witty, passionate liberal columnist, who died in 2007.
"The pursuit of wealth for its own sake -- that is a major thread of our modern consciousness," Mr. Lightman said.
Italian has been a major thread through the first three restaurants, because I personally love the cuisine.
All the books present three linked novellas that set up, wander away from and return to a major thread.
