Word: tortuously
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Despite five weeks of tortuous negotiation, the UN Security Council remains unable to agree on the text of a new resolution on Iraq. The sticking point: Who will be empowered to judge whether Saddam Hussein is complying with renewed arms inspections - the Security Council, or the White House...
...champion under pressure. Kramnik tried to exchange queens to simplify the position, a strategy that had previously served him well. But the machine slyly avoided the exchange and headed toward an endgame where it would have had one more pawn than Kramnik, who would be relegated to a long, tortuous defense to achieve a draw at best. To ward off the difficult endgame, Kramnik again offered a queen swap but he overlooked that he would loose his knight...
...plus stone steps, the ancient Nabataeans have prepared a wondrous reward. The decorative fa?ade, carved into a solid chunk of yellow sandstone in the 3rd century B.C., rises 45 meters above the ground. If the hike through rock canyons and past stunning vistas is a little tortuous, a small, Bedouin-run caf? offering cold drinks and chairs awaits at the top. For those with extra energy and a taste for heights, it is possible to scramble up the back of the fa?ade to the stone roof where you can perch with your feet hanging into the void...
...schools in the province's capital, Tarin Kowt, are to be renovated, as well as a small hospital in the dusty district where the raid went wrong. Also, a 50-mile road linking Tarin Kowt with the southern city of Kandahar will be built, reducing the journey from a tortuous five hours to less than 60 minutes. Aid to the area will also include completion of a large bridge spanning one of Uruzgan province's major rivers, a project begun by the Taliban regime but which today is marked only by a parade of concrete pylons across the riverbed. Most...
...make the movie you want to make, you need time. But that's the hardest thing to find when you're a filmmaker." Scorsese was putting "Voyage" together in 1998-99, when he was finally ramping up his long-deferred "Gangs of New York." In light of the tortured, tortuous process of that film's production, his comment sounds like a cry de profundis...