| 单词 | Gordian knot |
| 例句 | The preceding explanation unties the Gordian knot, and you can stop there if you want. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Now understanding the maze’s algorithm, he took up his pencil again, cut though the Gordian knot, and completed the task. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For many of us, this one is the Gordian knot of possessive puzzles. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The extreme strain of campaigning for the presidency, not to mention enduring this Gordian knot of a race, would make anyone yearn to go back to basics. The cold comforts of “Designated Survivor” and “Madam Secretary” 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is more than just the best film of the year artistically; it’s the one that finally cuts the Gordian knot of basic Oscar-bait trends. My 2015 Oscar Picks 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Or do we cut this Gordian knot and view the work in isolation? Reel dilemma: are we condoning the conduct of Hollywood's tyrants by watching their films? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The Gordian knots of conspiracy are factual, though Lombardi did not always explain the precise nature of their connections. How Conspiracy Theories Shape Art 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The Forrestal Building is the Gordian knot of Southwest Washington; remove it, and everything starts to flow. Is architect Bjarke Ingels’s bold remake of the Smithsonian Castle grounds mere folly? Their on- and offline worlds collide in a Gordian knot of profiles, personalities, real emotions and performative identities, often times with devastating consequences. From the streets to tweets: The dangerous rise of ‘internet banging’ 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z "We both felt that Joyce's final work was a great compilation of enigmas, a Chinese box, a labyrinthine puzzle, a Gordian knot which seemed impossible to cut." Sylvia Plath in New York: 'pain, parties and work' 2013-02-02T14:00:01Z The impetuous Alexander requires only a few seconds to cut the Gordian knot, but needs much of the movie’s 136 minutes to free himself, if he ever does, from his Oedipal family bonds. ‘Gods of Egypt’ and ‘Alexander the Great’: Let Me Polish That Breastplate 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Works of technology criticism are often expected to provide a few hundred pages of doomsaying before providing a concise final chapter in which the Gordian knot of our problems is neatly and improbably cut. How Tech Companies Manipulate Our Personal Data 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z They wish for a return to an imaginary time when government was just so many Gordian knots waiting for a strongman to slice through. Kong: Skull Island – why do Hollywood blockbusters have such Trump-like politics? 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z But while this simplicity allows “Legion” to cut through the Gordian knot of needlessly byzantine plotting that has plagued other genre shows of recent vintage, the blade is double-edged. ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap: Breakthrough 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z I basically walked into the editing room and just threw this tangled Gordian knot of excessive coverage at my editor. End of Watch Director David Ayer on Reinventing the Cop Genre 2012-09-21T14:49:28Z On Saturday, I hit the Gordian knot: I couldn’t organise anything bigger than my coat because I didn’t have time and I couldn’t organise my time until I had done my space. The truth about time management: how I went from chaos to punctual calm in one week 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Essentially, by plugging the equations of the Standard Model into powerful computers, researchers can numerically approximate the mess of hadronic blobs, cutting through the subatomic Gordian knot. Muon Mystery Deepens with Latest Measurements 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z “If you’re in the middle of providing abortion pills, inevitably that in this country right now is going to become a Gordian knot for your company,” he said. Walgreens won’t sell abortion pills in some states where they’re legal 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Davies have argued, and in political and ideological terms, it's something of a Gordian knot that defies any facile analysis. What's the deal in Ukraine after a year of war? Let Leon Trotsky explain 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z It can be tempting to cut through the Gordian knot of checks and balances and the rule of law by putting someone in charge to give orders and knock heads. No, dictatorships are not more "efficient": See how Putin and Xi have wrecked their countries 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z It is one obstacle in a Gordian knot of challenges that have rendered the problem intractable for decades, as underscored by conditions in North Spirit Lake, a close-knit community of roughly 300 people. With Unfit Drinking Water, Indigenous Communities in Canada Bear Hardship 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Mr Xi and the Chinese Communist Party have created a Covid Gordian knot - one that is now extremely difficult to cut. China Covid protests: Fury and fear of virus puts Xi Jinping in a bind 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z In a world with unclear exit ramps on crucial issues including the war in Ukraine and growing tension with China, there’s no need for a new Gordian knot around the debt limit. Opinion | Threats to weaponize the debt ceiling are more dangerous than ever 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The answer might be best termed the Omnivore’s knot, after the Gordian knot that so puzzled Alexander the Great. Opinion | Why Spotify and other streaming services can’t ditch Kanye West 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z It is tempting to cut through the Gordian knot of checks and balances and the inconvenient thing we call the rule of law by putting someone in charge to give orders and knock heads. No, dictatorships are not more "efficient": See how Putin and Xi have wrecked their countries 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z “Addressing lethal means cuts the Gordian knot,” he said. A story about suicide: Eight chapters of loss and hope 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z I applaud The Seattle Times for the illuminating coverage of the Gordian knot of “solving homelessness.” Homelessness: ‘We have a housing crisis’ 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z My research group is currently working with Williamson, Carnegie Museum of Natural History mammalogist John Wible and other colleagues on this Gordian knot of phylogeny. How Mammals Conquered the World after the Asteroid Apocalypse 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Such trials face a “Gordian knot of blinding and placebo effects,” neurologist Matthew Burke and psychiatrist Daniel Blumberger of the University of Toronto warned in Nature Medicine in October. Science’s 2021 Breakthrough of the Year: AI brings protein structures to all 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z “The Medicaid side is a Gordian knot,” he said. Additional Medicare, Medicaid benefits may be whittled or cut as Democrats woo moderates 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z This Gordian knot of identity was a product of a contested history. Is Taiwan Next? 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Yet the less-often told story of this Gordian knot is that, sooner or later, people just get bored of it. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death means pro-choicers have a fight on their hands | Zoe Williams 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Even those Gordian knots weren’t the biggest challenge Silveria would face. Air Force Academy general’s fight against racism resonates 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z I know I have both, but trying to separate them is like untangling the Gordian knot. Opinion | When the Pandemic Leaves Us Alone, Anxious and Depressed 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z There are lots of questions like this in tech, and answering them requires cleaving a Gordian knot rather than trying to untie it. The iPad Pro is ready to supplant the Mac just as the MacBook Air is great again 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z It’s a gigantic Gordian knot, involving a tangle of companies and governmental jurisdictions, all represented by combative and rivalrous lawyers. How much money will it take to undo the damage from opioids? 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Embracing that possibility would cut the Gordian knot of the Irish border at one stroke. If Johnson adds a customs union, remainers should finally accept his deal | Simon Jenkins 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z His is the shrewdness of Alexander the Great, cutting through the Gordian knot. Opinion | For the last time, Trump’s every move is brilliant and calculated 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z You sense from Clark and others among her colleagues that, despite the usual Democratic fractiousness, something important changed inside the party once the Gordian knot of impeachment was cut. Opinion | Will impeachment finally organize the Democrats? 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z “That is an all-time Gordian knot of conflicts of interest, and there is no way to get around it,” said Nell Minow, a longtime corporate governance expert who is now vice chair at ValueEdge Advisors. Behind WeWork Leader’s Rise and Fall: A Wall St. Bank Playing Many Angles 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The British prime minister desperately wants a new election to break loose the Gordian knot that is Brexit. Boris Johnson has four options to escape his Brexit mess. One of them is to go to jail. 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Why not cut the Gordian knot and simply get the entire voting infrastructure completely offline again? Opinion | Let’s go offline to protect our democracy 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z It is all tied together — a Gordian knot of societal awfulness. Opinion | Another day, another mass shooting. When will they end? 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z The first step is to recognize that there is no magic way to untangle that Gordian knot. Congress must investigate Trump. But it must also be strategic about it | Laurence H Tribe 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Here, ultimately, lies the Gordian knot at the heart of Britain’s predicament: To shape from our current inertia a meaningful future, we need to address the brutal reality of the present. Opinion | Britain Is Drowning Itself in Nostalgia 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z At its best, this sharpness can slice through the Gordian knot of the climate debate. Greta Thunberg, schoolgirl climate change warrior: ‘Some people can let things go. I can’t’ 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Obama had cut the Gordian knot of Democratic politics and united upscale, white elites with the black base. Booker and Harris on a collision course 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Belgium's centre-left daily De Morgen looks further ahead, and insists that the only way forward is to "let the British people choose how to untie this Gordian knot in a referendum". European 'surprise' at scale of Brexit defeat 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z In San Diego, Shanahan compared the task to “breaking the Gordian knot” and evoked the metaphor’s origin. How Patrick Shanahan, the New Acting Secretary of Defense, Won Over the White House 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z There are lawyers busy disentangling the Gordian knot tied by youthful idealism. The undertakers of Silicon Valley: how failure became big business 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Yet another strand in the Gaza Gordian knot is the fate of two Israeli civilian hostages as well as the remains of two Israeli soldiers, all believed held by Hamas in the enclave. Hamas and Israel Are in a Perilous Cycle. Is War a Miscalculation Away? 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z “But to put a police officer over every official’s shoulder is pointless. We need a national legislation that will finally solve this Gordian knot.” In Poland, ‘a Narrow Window to Do Justice’ for Those Robbed by Nazis 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z The tensions show that U.S. corporations are tied in a Gordian knot. Companies Trying to Deal With Discrimination Face Backlash 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z But employees yearn to be part of something bigger than a bureaucratic Gordian knot, and Mr. Tillerson rarely even tries to speak of a larger purpose. Diplomacy? Tillerson Says His Top Priority Is Efficiency 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Two former General Electric colleagues turned sparring partners are close to unraveling aerospace’s Gordian knot: a sprawling, four-year industrial dispute that touches every Boeing commercial jet. Boeing-Spirit pricing deadlock broken by CEOs who were former GE teammates 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z This wouldn’t be a problem if I could just toss the whole damp Gordian knot into the dryer, but noooo! Perspective | Allow me to air my family’s dirty laundry: I’m clotheslined by the clothesline 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z For any government, tax is a Gordian knot. Reagan's lesson for Trump: tax reform must bridge party divide – or die 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Seeing cities as Gordian knots of geopolitics, he gathers an impressive range of case studies to bolster his analysis. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Snipping away quietly at another Gordian knot of architecture, the studio spent five years working on the recently completed landscape surrounding the Max IV Laboratory Particle Accelerator in Lund, Sweden. How Maverick Architects Snøhetta Became One of the World’s Most Sought-after Firms 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The Bush/Cheney hubris was the belief that, like the Gordian knot, it could all be untangled with a mighty sword-stroke of American military power. Retaking Mosul From ISIS May Pale to What Comes Next 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z And I am not the only one working out the threads of this Gordian knot. ‘I Kissed Dating Goodbye’ told me to stay pure until marriage. I still have a stain on my heart. 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Ramanathan says clouds are the “Gordian knot” of the climate problem. Cloud patterns are shifting skyward and poleward, adding to global warming 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z But in fact, the race is a jumbled Gordian knot of interest groups and demographic and ideological factions that would be impossible for Clinton or Sanders. How Tuesday's Senate races are a political minefield for Dems 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Even a black president, perhaps especially a black president, could not untangle racism’s Gordian knot on the body politic. Obama’s legacy: Triumphs and travails that defined a presidency Unconventionally, Mr. Owen decided to slice the Gordian knot in two, ruling in 1999 that Brcko would be part of both entities but ruled by neither. Roberts B. Owen, lawyer and adviser during Iran and Bosnian crises, dies at 90 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z That would cut a Gordian knot three decades in the making. Another tie-up on I-66 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z The foreign ministers and envoys once again have to apply their wits trying to unravel that Gordian knot of international affairs since 1948, the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Israel-Palestinians: How to untie diplomacy's Gordian knot? - BBC News 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z “When people get frustrated and irritated, they want to cut the Gordian knot.” Donald Trump and the White Nationalists 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Like Alexander the Great, he is going to cut through the Gordian knot of policy problems in bold single strokes, not waste years of precious time trying to unravel them. Donald Trump Wins Through Intimidation 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Iraq is the Gordian knot that keeps retangling itself after every slice of the knife. A Parade of Warnings 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z “To my point of view this is a very important step forward, and will hopefully solve the Gordian knot that we are in,” says Hasinger. Hawaiian telescope fight prompts new rules for Mauna Kea 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Could policymakers, who are going nowhere in their efforts to reform the income tax, cut the Gordian knot with a consumption tax? Is Consumption Tax Talk Making a Comeback? 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z She wants to become a heart surgeon, or a pharmacist, but mostly a model for her family, untying the Gordian knot of illness. 13 Who Defeated Adversity Earn New York Times College Scholarships 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The elite modern boxer is a commodity, tied up by a Gordian knot of contractual agreements with warring promoters, myriad governing bodies, rival television networks and rapacious sponsors. Boxing's last bona fide super-fight? 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z But the economic way of thinking would seem to cut this Gordian knot rather nicely. Are Placebos Ethical? 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z We could cut this Gordian knot if we knew more about how to get long-term cost savings by improving delivery of care. Can Medicare Reform Save Money and Improve Quality? 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Since 2009, the IRS and Department of Justice sliced through the Gordian knot of bank secrecy with UBS and many other Swiss banks. Hiding Assets Under Pet Names Looks Willful, Even If You're Lionel Messi 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Their lives show that education can untie the Gordian knot of poverty, as the schools’ tagline says, “one student at a time.” Why Education Trumps Poverty in "Schools That Work" 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z It is hard to know if this is an empty threat—the link between research spending and drug prices is as linear as a Gordian knot. Costly cures 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z “It’s this Gordian knot of conflicts and potential conflicts,” said Bill Allison, editorial director of the Sunlight Foundation, which tracks ethics issues in Washington. For Tea Party, Senate Race in Mississippi Is the Last Chance to Oust an Incumbent 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Rather than trying to unravel the Gordian knot of tumor biology, new immunotherapies harness the body’s own immune system to attack and kill cancer cells. Sure, We'll (Eventually) Beat Cancer. But Can We Afford To? 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Mozilla is attempting to cut the Gordian knot of net neutrality with a proposal that it believes will bypass some of the Federal Communications Commission’s problems dealing with the issue. Mozilla Proposes Third Way On Net Neutrality 2014-05-06T13:07:00Z But things are never so simple in the great Gordian knot of Republican politics. Tea Party Divided In Nebraska Republican Senate Race 2014-04-14T01:15:25Z "We all knew the Gordian knot was that China wouldn't accept an agreement that omitted the Kyoto Protocol and the US wouldn't accept one that included it." Emissions impossible: Did spies sink key climate deal? 2014-02-04T00:13:28Z Electing female politicians and demanding more gender equality won’t cut this Gordian knot—only good governance that promotes public safety for all will. India's Feminist Disconnect: Progressive Laws, Dire Reality 2013-06-07T08:45:00Z The Gordian knot disappears the moment marketing commits to making remarkable products that sales finds easy to sell. Seth Godin: Why Small Businesses Fail 2013-01-30T13:00:00Z Cut through the Gordian knot of that problem first and the rest will fall into place automatically. Eurozone banking union that works for Britain? 2012-12-13T09:26:16Z But, again, the reality of governing has stymied most every campaign promise about that Gordian knot. Mitt Romney's Commander-in-Chief Problem 2012-07-25T11:05:36Z David Cameron’s government will be tempted to cut this Gordian knot by agreeing that sovereignty over the archipelago should henceforth repose in Mauritius, its rightful owner, and where most of the Chagossians still live. Who Exactly Owns Diego Garcia? 2012-06-09T08:45:00Z The Bishop cut the Gordian knot for her by ordering all seculars to be turned out of the dorter. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Paley, indeed, cut the Gordian knot of this difficulty in a summary manner; he denied altogether that there is any difference between pleasures, except in continuance and intensity. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z On the other, years of punctilious devotion to the ethics of red tape urged him to deprecate such a cutting of the Gordian knot. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z The problem of slavery was to me a Gordian knot which I knew not how to untie, and which I dared not attempt to cut with the sword. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z Some even went so far as to propose cutting the Gordian knot by throwing him overboard. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z At any rate the Gordian knot, translated into a thin thread of copper wire, was cut—not once, but frequently. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z But the awful work had been done; the Gordian knot cut; my Lord Dunmore's war had begun at last, in deference to my Lord Dunmore's desires, and in accordance with his plans. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z "Prospective jurors would face a Gordian knot of conscious and even subconscious conflicts and difficulties," he wrote. AG requests out-of-county jury for Sandusky trial 2012-02-01T16:47:09Z He had been corresponding regularly with Mrs. Clarke, who had told him of her difficulties with lawyers and relatives, and Borrow had advised her to cut the Gordian knot and come to Spain. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z "Don't tie too many nots in your constitution!" she would say to a young club; and then she would tell how Florence Nightingale cut the Gordian knots of red tape in the Crimea. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Much more appropriate would it have been for him to draw the sword, like Alexander, and cut the Gordian knot. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z He could not meet Effie again after what had passed, and he cut the Gordian knot in the only way possible. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z We may cut the Gordian knot, and boldly accept the paradox. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z So Philip had cut the Gordian knot by running away. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z “The ‘mosaic theory’ was a Gordian knot and the best way to cut through that knot was through wiretap techniques,” said Ray Lohier, who served as chief of the securities unit at the Manhattan U.S. FBI Pulls Off ‘Perfect Hedge’ to Nab New Insider Trading Class 2011-12-22T12:19:38Z There are lots of different institutional strands that come together to create this political Gordian knot. Stop political funding and end the stalemate 2011-12-18T01:53:37Z How many Gordian knots this course of action would cut! Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z It is time to cut the Gordian knot.” At War Blog: Proponent of Iraq Invasion Discusses the U.S. Withdrawal 2011-10-24T17:26:33Z A friend to whom I appealed one day in my anguish cut the Gordian knot. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Pop saw the hitch and cut the Gordian knot. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z It was the stroke of a relentless sword across the Gordian knot which she had sought to unravel. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z By thus severing the Gordian knot the clever chef d'orchestre effectually disposed of the difficulty to the manifest disappointment of the anti-Wagnerites present. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z And the Cantab took himself off, congratulating himself on the adroit manner in which he had cut the Gordian knot that the General had muddled up so inexplicably in his unpropitious match-making. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z What he purposed would cut the Gordian knot, make plain-sailing for others, if not for himself. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Here was a tough Gordian knot, to add to the already difficult question of original title. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z America's Gordian knot in Pakistan, as in Afghanistan and the Greater Middle East, is beyond untying. How to lose friends in the Middle East 2011-07-21T17:30:00Z But we may reassure ourselves: all these academicians will not have the audacity of Alexander in cutting with his sword the Gordian knot; they will not lift the blade of Charlemagne. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z Independence," said he, "will cut the Gordian knot at once, and give us freedom. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z Here we reached the Gordian knot which only I could cut with the Piqueur. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Here were two more Gordian knots, Numbers 4 and 5! World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Or, if you prefer, think of it, now so many decades and two Afghan wars old, as a kind of Gordian knot. How to lose friends in the Middle East 2011-07-21T17:30:00Z Here is a trusty friend which will cut this Gordian knot, if it be not unloosed by more peaceable means. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Dark, glistening hair, tied in what is called a Gordian knot at the back, with a tiny curl or so lower down, and a beautiful white neck. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Jean Paul thrust me back from the Gordian knot. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z He cut the Gordian knot at once, my dear Miss Courtenay," continued he, in a sort of sprightly tone; "he said, 'There need be no difficulty in the matter. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z In fact it was called the Gordian knot and it was so hard a knot that it was reported that he who was able to untie it would be the ruler of all Asia. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Have you ever heard of the "Gordian knot?" Stories of Great Men 2011-02-21T03:00:07.643Z And that is what has happened to America in recent years, as its satellite industry has been entangled in Gordian knots of red tape. Security in space: The cluttered frontier 2011-02-10T10:53:44Z Would it not be best perhaps to cut the Gordian knot of his foolish adventure after this fashion? Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z But in psychiatry more than in other specialties, it is insurance that is likely to tie a Gordian knot. Cases: A Winding Path to the Emergency Room 2011-01-04T00:14:48Z The young men of the community themselves cut the Gordian knot. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z For in the latest match between Beijing’s build-baby-build bureaucrats and its Gordian knot of traffic, more than a few folks are betting on the knot. Beijing Journal: Multiplying Drivers Run Over Beijing Traffic Reduction Plan 2010-12-23T01:10:12Z While they were still undecided, the Gordian knot was cut by their guide, Smutz. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z “But I don’t think it’s possible to untie this Gordian knot.” Allies in War, but the Goals Clash 2010-10-09T14:25:00Z It's a brilliant, Gordian knot solution to this whole row. Solved: how to show if Apple or Adobe is right about Flash on the iPhone 2010-05-18T16:31:00Z A. We are in a kind of Gordian knot right now. Doctor and Patient: Delivering Better Primary Care 2010-05-13T17:58:00Z All these strands of destruction knit themselves into a veritable Gordian knot of human suffering to which opium became the sole solution. Calling Afghanistan what it is: A drug war 2010-03-31T01:01:00Z It is to sever the Gordian knot of this confusing problem that the half-crazy, drinking socialist, the wholly reckless, unreasoning nihilist, resorts to the sword and the fulminating bomb. The Story of Malta Of course, Alexander the Great managed to conquer the Gordian knot. Allies in War, but the Goals Clash 2010-10-09T14:25:00Z This was indeed a cutting of the Gordian knot. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life They tried with impatient fingers to pull out the cork, but as that proved obdurate they cut the Gordian knot by breaking the neck on a stone. The School by the Sea In January following he again took his seat in the Hall of Independence and fearlessly advocated the necessity of cutting the Gordian knot that held the Colonies to England. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution As to this summary mode of loosing the Gordian knot, it will be sufficient to quote Professor Huxley's verdict: "I confess this is wholly incredible to me." The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer It was, after all, only cutting the Gordian knot in his life. The Key to Yesterday In such a situation, provided one approach it in the mood of Alexander toward the Gordian knot, the greater complexities appear in retrospect. The Tempering Hence a deus ex machina has to be evoked, who, like all such gods, cuts the Gordian knot in bungling fashion. Maria Edgeworth At Sardes he cuts the Gordian knot, and then advances rapidly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Well, that is the Gordian knot that the farm daughters will be able to cut. The American Country Girl He cut the Gordian knot by building a factory of his own at Chicago. The Romance of the Reaper The Pope had to choose between the two; Charles V. was the victor, whereupon Henry cut the Gordian knot by throwing over the jurisdiction of Rome. Henry VIII and His Court 6th edition It might not please him exactly but—he went round and round from one problem to another, trying to untie this Gordian knot. The "Genius" Could I untie this Gordian knot—and I was vain enough to hope I might—then would I rank amongst earth's brightest ornaments, and fill a niche with Newton and Bacon. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III Such was the Gordian knot that Lady Lanswell had to untie, and it was the most difficult task of her life. A Mad Love The Gordian knot is cut, for philosophy and religion no longer touch each other but abide in separate realms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" A passion for gaming at last swallowed up Colton's other vices, and becoming involved, he cut the Gordian knot of debt in 1828 by absconding; his living was then seized and given to another. Old and New London Volume I My hope was that if Karine was really in the drawing-room she would come forth, and the Gordian knot of the dilemma would be cut. The House by the Lock He laughed a little at such a method of cutting the Gordian knot. The Wilderness Trail Ay! so that life is bound About by it, as by a Gordian knot, Inseparable, until Death's sharp blade Divide its inmost coil. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems If nothing but their heart-strings became entangled, people would not find the marriage tie so binding; it is a man's purse-strings and a woman's apron-strings that really form the Gordian knot. A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl One reason why Alexander desired to go to Gordium was that he wished to untie the famous Gordian knot. Alexander the Great Makers of History To follow the interlacing line of an ornament, gives the mind the pleasure of untying the Gordian knot, without cutting it. Needlework As Art "Why don't you cut the Gordian knot and be done with it?" she added quietly. The Monk of Hambleton Had they solved even one strand of the great tangle, that worse than Gordian knot which could not be cut? Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart After a few 52 minutes of easy conversation, the minister abruptly cut all Gordian knots and said: “Mr.–––, are you a Christian?” Trail Tales The story of the Gordian knot was this. Alexander the Great Makers of History If that event would only come, whatever it was, and sever this Gordian knot of doubt! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 Mr. Spurgeon's friends have simply cut the Gordian knot; that is, they are only dogmatising. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) They're all inextricably involved—so twisted and entangled that they can't be solved singly—like the Gordian knot they must be cut through at one stroke. The Clock that Had no Hands And Nineteen Other Essays About Advertising The proof of this last was that he took a revolver to his Gordian knot. In a Little Town It was Jud, after all, who cut the Gordian knot, and made one of his welcome disappearances, which lasted until David was ready to start in college. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West But it's a Gordian knot, my dear, and it will have to be cut. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel The conception of a material object is usually complex, involving form, color, size, and other elements; a clock is a complicated mechanism; the Gordian knot was intricate; the twining serpents of the Laocoon are involved. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Nan merely nodded, and cut the Gordian knot through somewhat ruthlessly; but on that occasion she put on her hat before the gong sounded. Not Like Other Girls Beloved, cut the Gordian knot, like Alexander, with the sword of decision. Days of Heaven Upon Earth When the Gordian knot is ready to be cut, God sends the Alexander! Gems (?) of German Thought So she has cut the Gordian knot herself! The Master Mummer "Oh, don't bother," was her way of cutting the Gordian knot. Making People Happy Leibnitz has, then, according to his own canons of criticism, merely cut the Gordian knot of atheism, which he should have unravelled. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Our little girl here is tied up in a Gordian knot, and we must help to set her free.’ A Princess in Calico About the time of Burgoyne's invasion the association of Green Mountain Boys endeavoured to cut the Gordian knot by declaring Vermont an independent state, and applying to the Continental Congress for admission into the Union. The Critical Period of American History And in the end, down comes some other sword from somewhere else and cuts for us the Gordian knot of our brief tangled existence, and solves the riddle and sets us free. The Martian The different branches of science are Gordian knots, the threads of which we can only hope to unwind and evolve by cautious assiduity, and slow, patient industry. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 The umpire cut the Gordian knot by sending Curry back to third, where he and Mackay chaffed each other and the game went on. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour At Gordium, in Phrygia, he performed the exploit familiarly known as the cutting of the Gordian knot, which was a cord so twisted and entangled, that no one could untie it. Ancient States and Empires The other side of the town problem—the question of occupations—has been settled in Germany, and more recently in certain American cities, by the “continuation” school, which unties the Gordian knot by cutting it. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) The government cut the Gordian knot by a violent stroke. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) And yet, it was a curious phase: their influence was generally found when history untangled for posterity some Gordian knot. The Place of Honeymoons Most men would have cut that Gordian knot of perplexity without hesitation. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God That may seem like cutting the Gordian knot, but, after all, it is the only explanation that can be given. Our Bird Comrades One or several must act as did Alexander the Great when he cut the Gordian knot. Peking Dust Still, he could not but confess that a marriage between them would have been a mistake, and that drastic as was the cutting of the Gordian knot, it relieved him from an impossible position. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story But at this instant Jack, who had listened with intense interest to the duel of words, struck in and cut the Gordian knot. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series It was Madame Weber's clear head and decided hand that cut this Gordian knot. Jack 1877 Crozier cuts the Gordian knot by proposing: “A round of punches à la Romaine!” The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea This is unusual and he finds a knot that is harder than any Gordian knot whatsoever. Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates Alexander the Great ventured to cut the Gordian knot, on the supposition that cutting would be as effectual as untying it, and, notwithstanding this violence, became sole master of all Asia. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote "I have something to tell you," he says, cutting the Gordian knot at a clean stroke. Floyd Grandon's Honor The cry was re-echoed from the gallery, where a voice cried out, "Boston harbor a tea-pot to-night; hurrah for Griffin's wharf!" and the "Mohawks" passed on to cut the Gordian knot with their hatchets. Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) Crozier’s speech cut the Gordian knot; and the officers, gliding through the gateway, advance along the avenue. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Doris cut the Gordian knot by flashing through the kitchen and entering the lower end of the hall. A Little Girl in Old Boston She cut the Gordian knot, however,—a church wedding, with cards for all the friends, and a reception at home. A Little Girl of Long Ago Now, it seems that an ancient prophecy had declared that whoever untied the Gordian knot would surely be master of all Asia. The Story of the Greeks They tied more Gordian knots than a hundred Alexanders could sever, made more tangles than Princess Graciosa in the fairy tale could untie. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel The miners listened to the long discussions on these points impatiently, and compared the courts unfavorably with the miners' courts, which unloosed all such Gordian knots with Alexander's directness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Tell me that you wish it, and I will cut this Gordian knot. Mary Wollstonecraft I'm going to cut the d—d Gordian knot and get out of this! Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life "Just about," Elephant answered; while Nat nodded his head as the easiest way to cut a Gordian knot. The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck There was a sharp struggle between rival claimants for the possession of the ship, but the Gordian knot was cut by the British Government which placed the "broad arrow" upon her. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner Cut the Gordian knot and get right down to bed rock? We Three That was really the only way to hack the Gordian knot. Planet of the Damned When he did arrive at the desired encasement, he was just as much puzzled to find an end to what appeared, like the Gordian knot, to have neither beginning nor end. The King's Own Sir Paul was, indeed, confronted by a very Gordian knot of problems. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn “Oh, I can soon get it off,” cried Tom Jecks, who seemed to be imbued with the same notion as Alexander of old, who unsheathed his sword to cut the Gordian knot. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser It is the enthusiasm of youth which cuts the Gordian knot age cannot untie. Pushing to the Front This gentleman, George Shiras, 3rd, planned to cut the Gordian knot by turning over to the Federal Government the entire subject of making laws regarding the killing of migratory game birds. The Bird Study Book The Revised Constitution of 1866.—The loss of the duchies, while humiliating, cut the Gordian knot, of Danish political reconstruction. The Governments of Europe They seem to come, like the deus ex machina of the Roman poet, to cut the Gordian knots that perplex statesmen and bewilder nations. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Against the background of his remarks, I could find myself appreciating the Ghopal-Klüng-Natalenko reasoning: the only way to cut the Gordian knot was to have another Solar League Ambassador killed. Lone Star Planet In short, the poor lady was fairly worn out, and wished to terminate her harassing career at once by cutting the Gordian knot. The Young Duke Finally he cut the Gordian knot, as it seemed to him, by impounding a bicycle from a passing wheel-man, who protested vigorously but in vain. Facing the German foe, by Colonel James Fiske All problems were to him soluble with the sword; and Alexander, when he cut the Gordian knot, must have appeared to him wiser, as he was surely more admirable, than either Plato or Socrates. Essays on Scandinavian Literature To say that he is a Genius, and the Prince of Eccentrics, is perhaps the only way to cut the Gordian knot of criticism in his instance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 He had been corresponding regularly with Mrs. Clarke, who had told him of her difficulties with lawyers and relatives, and Borrow had advised her to cut the Gordian knot and come to Spain. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Jealous courtiers "deemed Drake the master thief of the unknown world," till Elizabeth cut the Gordian knot by one of her defiant strokes. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward This little circumstance made it clear to me that the easiest way out of my difficulty was to out the Gordian knot, run away from Dr. Foshay, and join my father in New England. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer But even as Christian Science cuts this Gordian knot it creates for itself another set of difficulties and involves itself in those contradictions which will eventually be the undoing of it as a philosophy. Modern Religious Cults and Movements So far, on the contrary, that is precisely the Gordian knot. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" A favorite trick of theirs is to leap over and under and around each other, getting their traces in a snarl beside which the Gordian knot would be as nothing. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club In the end she severed the Gordian knot by taking an even dozen volumes. Man to Man The knot that he has tied, though it should prove a very Gordian knot, he is bound to untie. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg At last, at a private conference with the Wazeer el Kidd�b, the Ambassador broached a proposal to cut the Gordian knot. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond The temptation assailed her to cut once and for all the Gordian knot, and obeying its impulse, she began to walk down the flagging beside him. The Mayor of Warwick Had this been the Gordian knot he had cut? Parrot & Co. Sometimes it is hard to decide between them, and he cuts the Gordian knot by marrying someone else, but the friendship is never the same afterward. The Spinster Book Suddenly Andrew Brewster, with a fiery outburst of inconsequent masculine wrath with the whole situation, essayed to cut the Gordian knot. The Portion of Labor But Nannie May cut the Gordian knot with her usual impetuosity. Judy His Mathematics, he has not a doubt, will solve for him every complexity of life's questions; and his Logic will as certainly untie all Gordian knots, whether in politics or ethics. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons This sense of humour often saves the American in a situation in which the Englishman would have recourse to downright brutality; it unties the Gordian knot instead of cutting it. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin There was still another obstacle to which Mary administered her favorite remedy, the Gordian knot treatment. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth They cut the Gordian knot and invented a new style of music, which they fancied was like that used by the ancients in their stage-plays. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art It was strange that Isabel did not cut the Gordian knot, and choose for herself; but she was a dutiful daughter, and little less cautious than her father. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood But I shall always remember his reply, when he finally made me out, as one of the finest severings conceivable of a Gordian knot of this kind. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture That was cutting the Gordian knot, and answering the conclusion of an argument not by refuting it but by opposing thereto a contrary argument. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil It was not his to cut Gordian knots. Destiny They would cut the Gordian knot with one single operation by eliminating enough of the older subjects to make room for the new. Craftsmanship in Teaching Why, then he says, "Let the Gordian knot be cut." The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic The rest was naturally all cordiality and good feeling, and an invitation to lunch; while the Guides' subaltern galloped off and cut the Gordian knot. The Story of the Guides And I do not know if it would be easy, apart from the reflexions we have just entertained, to untie the Gordian knot of contingency and freedom. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil After various propositions of compromise had failed, the Commons undertook to cut the Gordian knot. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 For the rank and file of us the Government roads and the harmless necessary soldier must suffice, until the Gordian knot of Morocco's future has been untied or cut. Morocco He will speak of the one as a military chieftain under the influence of worthy motives, cutting a Gordian knot which the higher and controlling diplomatic and executive superior wished should be cautiously untied. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 It does not pay to cut such Gordian knots! Preaching and Paganism If a good simplification is ever effected, it will be by cutting Gordian knots, and you all of you seem absolutely incapable of anything of the kind. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 The old man looked like an Egyptian priest, making Gordian knots for the temple of Ammon. The Piazza Tales Perhaps Cornelia was within call, and would thus afford a means of cutting the Gordian knot at once. Bressant As it was, Piero cut the Gordian knot by his incredible cowardice, and for himself gained only ruin and dishonor. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots She had long ago cut the Gordian knots of her be-ribboned, girdled night gowns in favour of the Indian garment. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement The man being weaker than the woman would have been only too glad to elope, and thus cut the Gordian knot of the unhappy situation. Red Money Here was a Gordian knot, which nothing but the sword could loose. The Awakening of China The Gordian knot had been in evidence many years ago; it is now recognised with regret that England had deferred action for cutting it much too long. Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked Viewed in this light, Germany's abandonment of Free Trade in 1878 was but the natural result of that forceful policy by which she had cut the Gordian knot of her national problem. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Seeing, then, that Anglicization is inevitable, why should we not cut the Gordian knot, and conduct our ministry wholly in the English language? The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems If I am right, if he is wrong, in our attempts to untie this old Gordian knot, he loses little indeed. Modern Mythology True to their Anglo-Saxon instinct, they had reverted to the more human, if less Christian method of cutting the Gordian knot of the republic with the sword. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist You can't cut every difficulty with a sword, as they did the Gordian knot. The Inner Shrine The "Liberal Century" after having accumulated an infinity of Gordian knots, sought to cut them in the hecatomb of the World War. Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado My Lords, thus was the Gordian knot cut. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) He makes a hobby of cutting Gordian knots. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919 Mr. Gray, returning from the telegraph office later in the evening, finds me endeavoring to unravel the Gordian knot of the situation through the medium of a brown-study. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The Gordian knot was referred to him, and with characteristic abruptness he promised to cut it at once. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 "Don't you think that Gordian knot had better be cut at once?" advised Dora. Sweetapple Cove But others, despairing of any rational solution, cut the Gordian knot and declare that "the kindest thing to think about Francis is that he was crazy." A Short History of Monks and Monasteries He cut the Gordian knot of harmonic pedagogy by the mere weapon of poetic elision. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies Diplomats might talk of untying Gordian knots that the sword was made to cut. Elizabethan Sea Dogs He employed his brain to twist and tangle a Gordian knot in order that in a moment it might be cut with the sword of the spirit. Robert Browning He stepped quickly across the chamber to a certain beam, where he had, fifteen years before, written four initial letters, and intertwined them so curiously that the Gordian knot was easy weaving in comparison. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 Schaff cuts the Gordian knot, maintaining that the contradiction is easily solved on the theory that it was not monasticism, as such, which has proved a blessing to the Church and the world. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries They are too busy with the tangles of some philanthropic Gordian knot, to stretch out a helping hand to the sufferer at their sides. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession I congratulate you on your new neighbor; but I advise friend George to have the Gordian knot tied immediately, lest you should be insnared by this bewitching squire. The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton Strachwitz's intuition was justified; the strong man did appear, in the person of Bismarck, and the "Gordian knot" was cut with the sword of the war of 1870. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Yet it were a more constitutional and far safer thing to do than to cut the Gordian knot by a Federal incorporation act, which will forever securely intrench the trusts against State power. Popular Law-making With characteristic directness she had cut the Gordian knot of our misunderstanding by telling me, against Dicky's protests, all about the old secret which her past and that of my husband shared. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon Seeing the political significance of the war, they urged the emancipation of the slaves as the sure, quick way of cutting the Gordian knot of the Rebellion. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 That the Gordian knot of mental torture should be cut and swept away by the mere glance of a willing eye is like a miracle. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography Messengers were sent forth to seek the needful instruments, while I proceeded to cut another Gordian knot…. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil People like to have a nut to crack which is 'uncrackable,'—a Gordian knot to undo which cannot even be cut. John Caldigate I have not much reason to like my mother-in-law, but I shall always be grateful to her for the way she cut the Gordian knot of my difficulties. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon "So you decided not to cut the Gordian knot," he said, presently, as if we were continuing the discussion of some argument we had had a moment before. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel The freedom was a long while coming, and it was 1836 before the Gordian knot was cut. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 It was the little Aurore herself whose unconscious hand severed the Gordian knot of the family difficulties. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Why, she asked bitterly, couldn't other people do as Jack Fyfe had done: cut the Gordian knot at one stroke and let it rest at that? Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Then they boldly cut the Gordian knot by shaving off the corners of the tower at the top, thus creating there an octagonal platform, to which the spire would exactly correspond. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 It is a knife for my chatelaine, the hilt studded with diamonds, and there is a note which says that there is still time to cut the Gordian knot. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel Here was my Gordian knot cut at once! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 How to extend the service and at the same time cheapen it to small users—that was the Gordian knot; and the man who unquestionably did most to untie it was Edward J. Hall. The History of the Telephone It was she who invented the short cut, who severed the Gordian knot. The Aspern Papers Mr Toobad was highly exasperated at this unseasonable pleasantry; but Mr Hilary softened his anger, by producing a knife, and cutting the Gordian knot of his reticular envelopment. Nightmare Abbey That day before my wedding, when you sent me the knife and the note saying it was not too late to cut the Gordian knot, what did you mean? The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel Reed, however, had made up his mind to cut the Gordian knot. The United States Since the Civil War Cut the Gordian knots if they will not be untied. Classic Myths The deadlock thus threatened to continue indefinitely, and the American government thereupon determined to cut the Gordian knot. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future It was an illegal act, and the parties were punishable; but the Gordian knot was quite as secure as if it had been tied in the most orthodox manner. Birds of Prey As for you, my dear Gabrielle, I know you cut the Gordian knot at once, by referring, with your favourite moralist, every principle of human nature to self-love. Tales and Novels — Volume 08 The Gordian knot was cut, and all difficulty done away, by making the regiment, in effect, exclusively European. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 We thus cut the Gordian knot, and were on the right track. Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 They were narrow; in other words they had an edge to them, as men that serve in great emergencies must; for a Gordian knot is settled sooner with a sword than a beetle. Among My Books First Series The problem of Creation and its Creator is more complex than appears at first sight; but the Vedanta has certainly simplified it half way, by cutting the Gordian knot and leaving out Creation altogether. Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore He could reason loosely, you see, this hot-blooded, impetuous young cutter of Gordian knots. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series The painter had finally resolved to cut the Gordian knot, and leave the mountains. The Call of the Cumberlands The officers of justice cut the Gordian knot, by tendering to Rathier, in lieu of the halter, the position, little envied, of hangman. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present I feel as much puzzled as ever, and undetermined whether or not to cut the Gordian knot. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 Adv. in and out, round and round; a can of worms; Gordian knot. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases But the root of the dissensions, and the subject of most animated debates, was slavery,--that awful curse and difficult question, which was not settled until the sword finally cut that Gordian knot. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders He loved— "To finger idly some old Gordian knot, Unskilled to sunder, and too weak to cleave, And with much toil attain to half-believe." Halleck's New English Literature Is it a sort of Gordian knot affair that you're thinking of? The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation She needs a man of iron—a riser to occasion—a cutter of Gordian knots, precisely as a sick man needs a surgeon. Caesar Dies What if I cut the Gordian knot, and here make, once for all, a vow of perpetual celibacy?’ Yeast: a Problem This is, surely, to attack difficulty with very disproportionate abilities, to cut the Gordian knot with very blunt instruments. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons In the citadel of Gordium he cut the "Gordian knot," and prophecy marked him for the lord of Asia. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) I was furious for an instant, then the soothing thought came that possibly Providence had ordained that the Gordian knot should be cut in just this way. The House of the Whispering Pines Exhilarating, too, to men of their temperament, to have cut the Gordian knot of the difficulty by risking themselves on this unprecedented quest for peace and food. The Magnetic North It seemed as though a kind of Gordian knot had been tied. Rudin Henry first virtually cut the Gordian knot by a secret marriage with Anne Boleyn, notwithstanding a papal decree threatening him with excommunication should he dare to do so. General History for Colleges and High Schools This concealed meaning has totally escaped Professor Max Muller's attention, and this is why, clinging to the dead letter, he never hesitates before cutting a Gordian knot. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan Anne Hutchinson cut the Gordian knot of law at a stroke, by saying, "Get the grace of God in your hearts, and it is really no difference what you do, or do not do." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Sometimes, indeed, the coarse realities of law step in to cut that Gordian knot which no man can untie; for it is an actionable offence to give a character wilfully false. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 The accounting— Hardin is trying now to cut the legal Gordian knot. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance By no other possible means could the Gordian knot be cut, and both Bessie and her old uncle be saved. Jess So I was almost thankful for that horrid accident, which had cut the Gordian knot of my perplexity as to a house to lodge in. Recalled to Life So seeing nothing else to do, she cut the Gordian knot of her dilemma by reaching up and taking the candles from the sockets. Patty in Paris Finally he cut the Gordian knot, as it seemed to him, by impounding a bicycle from a passing wheelman, who protested vigorously but in vain. The Boy Scout Aviators Fulton, aided by Watts, offered to solve the problem by unravelling rather than by cutting the "Gordian knot." Four Months in a Sneak-Box She had cut the Gordian knot with a blow. Gold of the Gods Instructed, trained, to consider matrimony the sole aim, the end of their existence, it matters not to whom the Gordian knot is tied, so that the trousseau, wedding, and eclat of bridehood follow. The Wedding Guest Granted that these same doctrines of Zoroaster are faint adumbrations of the Hebrew creed, the Gordian knot is by no means loosed. Beulah It seemed to him that death was the only severing of this Gordian knot. Women in Love He would cut the Gordian knot of all his difficulties, and then his secret would be safe; safe? no, it could not be while Moreland lived. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab "Are you so assured of the woman's fidelity; or do you deliberately leave the door ajar, foreseeing the result, deeming this the most expedient method of cutting the Gordian knot?" At the Mercy of Tiberius Once or twice in the world’s history a great ruler, like Charles the Fifth, cuts the Gordian knot, and escapes into a convent: but how few can or ought to do that? Roman and the Teuton Who told me at that time that it would be wiser and better for the welfare of Europe to cut the Gordian knot instead of untying it? Napoleon and Blucher She would cut the Gordian knot with a vengeance. A Daughter of the Land A great city struggled for a score of years to untangle that which was all but beyond the power of solution—a true Gordian knot. The Titan This practically prevents conviction and the sabre cuts the Gordian knot. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 He struggled and wound and knotted and tied, murmuring his pitiful "Mon Dieu!" the while, till the Colonel was the central figure of a Gordian knot. The Puppet Crown But to Beatrice the affair was a tragic difficulty, admitting of no solution; a Gordian knot, not to be cut; a misery now and for ever. Doctor Thorne Would the father, "worrited by stock" and boundary quarrels—a man in the habit of cutting Gordian knots with a bowie knife—prove more reasonable? Cressy That you may not think it the Gordian knot and treat it as such, I have put your sword where you can get it only when you have worked for it. To Have and to Hold It would require more than the ingenuity of the Scarlet Pimpernel himself to untie this Gordian knot. The Elusive Pimpernel These skeins resolve themselves, upon the pulling of the first thread, into bunches of entanglement more hopelessly perverse than the Gordian knot, or the snarls in a child's hair. The Red Acorn So far, on the contrary, that is the very Gordian knot. The Man in the Iron Mask Them that wants to stop kin do so," said Bill authoritatively, cutting the Gordian knot; "them as wants to take a sledge can do so,—thar's one in the barn. The Story of a Mine "Her Grace is in a mood to hear how the Gordian knot of her marriage might be unravelled," said he, grimly ironic. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series "Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter." Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 There is, indeed, a method of cutting this Gordian knot which, perhaps, no statesman is acute enough to untie. The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4 At every rebuff it is my happiness to be hopelessly bewildered; and I gape with admiration when the Gordian knot is untied. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American By way of cutting the Gordian knot, he therefore knocks his sight out, and accordingly spoils the shooting of the rifle altogether. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon So there I was caught,—like other women who want to be caught, and who trust to chance to cut the Gordian knot of their indecision. Beatrix It is a case of the resistance of Gordian knots, which not even the very spinstress who fastened them is capable of untying. The Life of the Spider What power, what force, what mighty spell, if not Your learned hands, can loose this Gordian knot? The Poetical Works of John Milton He fell to hoping that once across the threshold of Courcelles he should find an expedient for unfastening this Gordian knot of his own tying. The Deserted Woman We know how he compelled the oracle at Delphi to yield to his wishes; how he cut the Gordian knot; how he made his dominating personality felt at the temple of Ammon in Egypt. A History of Science — Volume 1 It did certainly occur to me to cut the Gordian knot by owning the truth. Little Novels As slippery as the Gordian knot was hard! Cymbeline A mind of a second order, and a proud mind like that of Nathan, would be likely to see, under these circumstances, and did see, in suicide the sword to cut the Gordian knots. A Daughter of Eve To her mind this complicated tangle of the affairs of life was a Gordian knot impossible to untie and which genius ought to cut. Bureaucracy But you are only stating the problem that lies before every one at the outset of his life, and you want to cut the Gordian knot with a sword. Father Goriot |
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