Word: tortuousness
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...theme is in fact our own: that a people released from oppression will, of their natural inclinations, seek humane values. A revolutionary thought to the likes of Hobbes, who called democracy an aristocracy of orators, but not so wild an idea to Americans, who over the tortuous and often backsliding years * have seen the theme take hold. History in some of its blacker moments has shown that democracy can twist itself into the tyranny of the many, can run to chaos and go mad; but in the long run, if it is given the long run, it usually turns generous...
Then began the sort of unremitting and tortuous legal battle that leads critics to complain that justice is never final in the U.S., while admirers say that justice is never prematurely closed off. Twice Hillery's sentence was thrown out by the California Supreme Court because of irregularities in the sentencing phases of his trial. Twice he was recondemned to death. Then in 1974 his sentence was reduced to life because of a California decision barring capital punishment in the state. Since then, Hillery has come up for parole eight times, and each time he has been turned down after...
Look what happened to Cat Stevens: during his tortuous pursuit of spiritual fulfillment, he sang some of the most evocative songs ever put to vinyl--but, the minute he found peace in the religion of Islam, he put down his guitar forever. Yusuf Islam (Cat's new name) may be happy now, but what about...
...Grateful Dead have had a long and somewhat tortuous history. Present members of the band include Jerry Garcia on guitar and vocals, Bob Weir on guitar and vocals, Phil Lesh on bass and vocals, Bill Kreutzman on drums, Mickey Hart on drums, and Brent Mydland on keyboards. Of course, if you care about these names, you probably already know them. Pigpen, the band's original lead singer, died...
...foreclosed," McFarlane claimed. This was an abrupt reversal of U.S. policy. Previously, everyone had assumed that Article V of the treaty meant what it said: the U.S. and the Soviet Union were committed "not to develop, test or deploy ABM systems or components." The Pentagon accordingly made tortuous refinements in its program to stay in compliance. Some Star Wars equipment, for example, had been described as a new type of device: "subcomponents," a word not used in the treaty...