Word: tortuousness
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...Socialist Party. In 1917, he resigned from that Party as a protest against its anti-War policy. He is known as a strong opponent of Bolshevism, and now raises bees and flowers at his home, "Nestledown," in Vermont. He said: "No one who has carefully observed the tortuous course of the Soviet regime in Russia, with respect to both its foreign policies and domestic affairs, can entertain any sensible doubt that Secretary Hughes is entirely correct in his contention that the Soviet Government, the Russian Communist (Bolshevist) Party and the Communist (or Third) Internationale are in reality three phases...
...such a manner does Professor Wise avow his intentions of lighting the tortuous labyrinth of dramatic production for the lowly Torchbearer. The book, haphazardly and inappropriately illustrated, is divided into twelve chapters which deal with practically every phase of amateur production, and includes in addition a general directory containing information about available plays for amateur presentation, with bibliographies of the authors--and further still a list of costuming houses in the Middle West...
...Night by the Sea" is a pleasant trifle and we cannot help liking it. "Dead Leaves" and "The Seer" both have the merit of an intelligible idea, although the former is far better able to express it. It is difficult to find any justification for "Hilaria", with its tortuous rhetoric and unnatural choice of words. Probably "Captive's Prayer" comes as near being real poetry as any of them...
...They may be Statesmen, but they can never be thinkers. They may follow: but they never lead. They may pride themselves that though they are not trial breakers they are road-makers; but their greatest fault is that they are usually frightened off the straight and narrow path into tortuous and crooked detours or endless halts, but the growling of the big pussies in the tall timber. HAROLD M. FLEMING...
...matter of common knowledge that "Steamship" Hall, the tortuous twirler will occupy the box for the editors. His devilish delivery will be snapped up with precision and nonchalance by Ted Reynolds. The rest of the team will line up as follows, with possible changes at the eleventh hour: Stiles, s.s.; Fenn, r.f.; Lewis, 3b.; Kelley, r.f.; Edgerton, 2b.; Kennedy, r.f.; Baker, 1b.; Dixon, r.f.; Graves, l.f.; Culbert, r.f.; Thomas, c.f.; Fry, r.f.; Cook, r.f.; Williams, r.f.; Seymour, r.f.; Foreman, r.f.; Benjamin, r.f. Ingram, as umpire, will aid considerably in the overwhelming victory...