11.   The agency has ruffled feathers at the World Bank by criticizing the bank for its lofty advice to peasant nations on how to tighten their belts.

12.   The Confucius bird had no teeth, but had feathers on its body as well as on its wings.

13.   His Majesty the King has another feather in his cap -- he has surpassed the world record holder in honorary degrees.

14.   The Chinese fossil discovery made headlines last year because it appeared to show the creature had primitive feathers.

15.   The new findings also suggest that many theropods, including Tyrannosaurus, may have had feathers at some point of their development.

16.   Those that did hatch sometimes had adult feathers instead of down, club feet, missing eyes and twisted bills, it said.

17.   Women had feathers in their hair and strings of shells around their necks.