Word: tortuous
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...lacked the will--yes, that rugged individualistic will that New Right analysts cherish so much--or the institutional knowledge required to become citizens at parity with American citizenship standards, and it is insulting and just plain ignorant of Mansfield to suggest otherwise What Black Americans have tacked in their tortuous citizenship quest is the freedom to pursue it--freedom from vulgar and degrading racist values like those implied in Mansfield and Charles Murray's writings, freedom from a century of authoritarian practices, especially in the South, where over 70 percent of Afro-American lived until 1960, freedom from violence (both...
...most comprehensive overhaul ever of the federal criminal code, the act had a tortuous legislative history from the time that some of its provisions were first sponsored by Kennedy a decade ago. The bill, which was unexpectedly attached to the fiscal 1985 funding resolution by Republicans eager to campaign on it, went into effect with the President's signature ten days ago. At first reading, some civil libertarians were concerned about infringements of constitutional guarantees. At the same tune, criminal-law experts doubted that the act would have as much impact on the crime rate as its advocates claim...
...selection process for the vice-presidential forum Thursday was less tortuous. Ridings insisted that the slate be chosen largely from an original list of twelve, and to complete the process, she presented each campaign with pairs of potential panelists who had to be accepted in tandem. That approach produced a balanced group whose questions seemed a bit sharper in tone and follow-up than those posed by the presidential inquisitors. Its members: Robert Boyd, Washington bureau chief of the Knight-Ridder newspapers, Norma Quarles of NBC News, John Mashek of U.S. News and World Report and Jack White of TIME...
...ones are still unresolved, like the conflict between Congress and the Executive over which branch has the power to commit U.S. troops abroad. But no matter how technical or tortuous the case before them, the Justices can put their decision to the tests posed by Warren: "Is it fair? Is it right...
Despite a tortuous five-mile course that sent two of the top eight finishers off on wrong turns, the Harvard men's cross country team snagged six of those finishing positions yesterday in Providence and defeated Brown to run its record...