| 单词 | abstruse |
| 例句 | Blacks and whites alike scratched their heads at Grabarek’s abstruse testimony, but it was clear the mayor was no friend of Fuller. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Unable to decipher the abstruse writing, I shook my head. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The outfit was acceptable by any theological and geometrical standards, however abstruse, and suggested a rich inner life. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We appreciate the abstruse concept of equations breaking down through an example, division by zero, which we can understand for ourselves in either of two ways. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The passage can be cryptic, abstruse, arcane; these are symptoms of the curse of knowledge. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Strange and agitated, full of abstruse non sequiturs and restless flashbacks, Vaughan Williams's ninth and final symphony remains a challenging listen more than half a century after its 1958 premiere. BBCSSO/Manze – review 2013-05-03T13:16:09Z A YouTube clip from 2011, in which Mangum tackled the subject of humor in music for the New York Philharmonic, suggests some acumen in promoting classical music as something accessible rather than abstruse. John Mangum to head Philharmonic Society of Orange County 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Dawn released three more albums between 1995 and 2000, but they were more abstruse than their predecessors and were coolly received. Prince Be, Who Infused Rap With Mysticism, Dies at 46 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z One of Mr. Palmieri’s “great contributions, a minor miracle, really,” he said, “is that he took abstruse elements of music” and put them into a danceable form, without meeting audience resistance. Eddie Palmieri Ties Together Musical Genres 2012-12-13T22:49:44Z I remember as a teenager the huge excitement but slight disappointment that it wasn’t as lyrically abstruse as its brilliant predecessor, Document, and that it was a lot poppier, too. From the archive: REM release Green, 1989 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z He’s written open, clear love songs; he’s made some abstruse sound art; he’s made elder-statesman records, with strings, enshrining his own imagist poetry or his historical theories about Brazil. New Music: New Music by the Hold Steady, Future Islands, Caetano Veloso 2014-03-24T22:45:20Z When you’re searching for a way to explain very abstruse problems like Middle East peace, it helps to have characters whose own history and personality carry that history. From ‘Camp David’ to ‘Oslo,’ Forging Drama from Diplomacy 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Chewed Corners, though, finds Paradinas being neither abstruse, nor unsettling, nor minimal. µ-ziq: Chewed Corners – review 2013-06-22T23:05:03Z Some, like “end,” have an obvious bearing on her crisis, while others are more abstruse, like “apophenia.” Review | The appeal of ‘And I Do Not Forgive You’ is hard to articulate but impossible to resist 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z My “cause,” such as it was, was abstract and perhaps even abstruse. I stood up for the national anthem by sitting down for it 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z I want people who are the guardians of our expert, intricate and uncommon knowledge; these aficionados of the intricate, connoisseurs of the abstruse and devotees of the difficult. University Challenge: I'm glad someone knows about the Grand Duke of Finland 2012-11-09T12:07:07Z She quests after abstruse knowledge she is not yet qualified to absorb, then ratchets up her qualifications with the energy and chic of the present moment. T Magazine: Deeda Blair’s Elegance of Conviction 2013-05-31T17:00:11Z Even the title is so abstruse that an explanation is spelled out in block print at the beginning: On ‘Halt and Catch Fire,’ It’s Imitation vs. Invention 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The intrinsic emphasis on abstruse methods of production and challenging nuances of terroir suits going fashions for the sustainable, the “authentic.” How the Orange-Wine Fad Became an Irresistible Assault on Pleasure 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z It was pretty smart to make Penny the "normal" character through whom the audience can enter the abstruse, brainy realm the guys occupy. Kaley Cuoco gets a bang out of 'Big Bang Theory' 2012-11-14T13:51:12Z Students are also required to write 800-character essays on such abstruse topics as ‘Why chase mice when there are fish to eat?’ and ‘What is light reading?’ Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z Despite its abstruse prose, the book was critically and popularly cheered. Robert M. Pirsig, best-selling author of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,’ dies at 88 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z However, the vastness of the archive and its often abstruse nature thwarted easy categorisation. Magician’s brain 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Through all of this, she told me, in abstruse phrases which I could barely follow, what was happening inside my skin, in the complex tangle of my bones, muscles and ligaments. Learning 'Lear': Feeling the Pain 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Most notably, the unfathomable ESP LP from 1965: severe, abstruse, full of weird chimes at midnight. Miles Davis: 'Coltrane was a very greedy man. Bird was, too. He was a big hog' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-11-06T13:26:00Z In Mr. Greenspan’s lilting delivery this dense display of Stein’s curious mixture of the obvious and the abstruse makes for delicious hearing. 2010-01-12T07:09:00Z The orchestra continues that mission, welcoming new compositions that fling wild dissonances and abstruse rhythms into the mix. Music Review: Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at Symphony Space - Review 2012-01-22T23:03:12Z This history provides the context for understanding what was on the minds of the founding fathers in drafting the Second Amendment, and for deciphering its rather abstruse wording. Books Of the Times: Craig R. Whitney’s ‘Living With Guns’ Nods to Both Sides 2012-12-25T22:41:52Z It’s more similar, one might say, to Wild Strawberries than to the abstruse and mystical Persona. Ingmar Bergman, novelist 2013-02-17T19:00:00Z But, despite some abstruse Jamesianisms like “instauration,” “peculation,” “invigilator,” and — my favorite — an “inspissatedly expressed and barely scrutable conjecture,” he tempers his stylistic mimicry to appeal to modern tastes, with shorter paragraphs and heightened urgency. 'Mrs. Osmond' takes up where Henry James' 'Portrait of a Lady' left off but falls a bit short 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Other offerings become overly abstruse, and there are grateful cheers when Yorke straps on a guitar to revisit the baleful Black Swan and the mesmerisingly melodic title track of his 2006 solo album, The Eraser. Atoms for Peace – review 2013-02-25T13:14:40Z Again, all this description makes "The Living Wake" sound more abstruse than it needs to be. 'The Living Wake': high-minded, with lowbrow pleasures 2010-06-03T22:32:00Z Some are themselves disappointing — slight or overly abstruse — but many are as resonant as poetry. The innovative, beguiling reflections of Claire-Louise Bennett's 'Pond' 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z It's unlikely that such a fat, meaty book, full of abstruse sayings and riotous absurdity, would be published for young readers today. Summer voyages: The Hounds of the Morrigan 2013-07-23T09:13:47Z Spanning five decades, the pieces vary in length from two to 13 pages, and some of the meatier ones require your full attention in order to follow his shrewd analysis and sometimes abstruse digressions. 'Reading for My Life': a critic's lifelong engagement with literature 2012-05-16T18:47:03Z "My comedy increasingly goes into the most abstruse areas," says Bailey once we get inside and settle down to tea. The Saturday interview: Bill Bailey ? 'It's genius, evil genius' 2010-12-18T00:16:00Z It was like a novel everyone was reading, one with a plot that seemed easy enough to follow but whose underlying themes and messages amount to an abstruse thicket of personal projection and postmodern obfuscation. Team older feminist: am I allowed nuanced feelings about #MeToo? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Gervasoni unites 13 abstruse couplets with a single tone row. Review: Works by Stefano Gervasoni at Miller Theater 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z But when the exhibition threatens to become too thin or abstruse, its themes are made vivid through interactive displays. ‘Your Brain’ Opens at the Franklin Institute 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Björk’s production and arrangements on “Fossora” present her at her most unapologetically abstruse: closer to contemporary chamber music than to pop, rock or dance music. On ‘Fossora,’ Björk Is a Daughter, a Mother and a Universe 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z He embraced the serial method — the most abstract and abstruse method of composition available at the time — in the last 15 years of his career. Just How Russian Was Stravinsky? 2010-04-16T14:16:00Z But Mr. Kalkbrenner, who was born in East Berlin and grew up listening to the abstruse, political techno of acts like Detroit’s Underground Resistance, wants to succeed at new levels without sacrificing any artistry. Paul Kalkbrenner, a Techno Star, Rises From Berlin’s Clubs 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z But she is known for her more abstruse constructions, and those will be showcased at the Met. What the Comme des Garçons Show Means for the Met — and Fashion 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z A diverse sampler of the popular and the abstruse, the festival may be middle-aged, but it remains surprising, if at times reliably exasperating. This New York Film Festival Is Definitely Not Boring 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Thaddeus Strassberger, who directs the Bard production, speaks up for the emotional impact of a story that in its details may seem abstruse. Music: Franz Schreker?s Opera ?Der Ferne Klang? at Bard 2010-07-25T01:32:00Z At times, the music sounds like extremely abstruse cocktail piano. Making Milton Babbitt’s Legacy Less Fearsome 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Flynn, a lecturer in the history of the art market, has written the first guide to this abstruse subject that combines an authoritative historical overview with a sure-handed grasp of insider lingo. Insiders Dish on the Art Market 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Other artists produce maddeningly abstruse drawings that relate to their better-known performances. Art Review: Simple Truths in Matters of Life and Death 2011-03-24T21:40:03Z The book, “Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue,” marked the first effort to explain and popularize the humanistic and religious concepts Buber intermarried in his often abstruse work. Maurice S. Friedman, Biographer of Martin Buber, Dies at 90 2012-10-06T01:01:48Z Note how the anti-Joyceans have all read him and then tell readers he's not for them: too difficult, too abstruse, too weird – with the "for you" hanging in the background. Paulo Coelho's attack on Ulysses insults readers 2012-08-08T11:26:38Z To read it is to enter a world at once entirely recognisable yet utterly abstruse, where the Beatles, David Bowie and Queen rule the roost, but only in the bizarrest of out-takes and mutations. Britain's rarest record – yours for £200,000 2012-11-22T19:30:02Z Milton Babbitt, an influential composer, theorist and teacher who wrote music that was intensely rational and for many listeners impenetrably abstruse, died on Saturday. Milton Babbitt, Composer, Dies at 94 2011-01-30T03:00:14Z Batuman is wonderful here, stripping down abstruse theory to show how the structures of language often dictate — even restrict — the ways in which we’re able to relate to one another. Elif Batuman turns her gifts to fiction in 'The Idiot' 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z At its most abstruse, Jones's writing continues to pull the reader along, the drama and beauty of the language exerting its considerable power. The first world war's great novelist: David Jones 2011-02-04T13:58:23Z I agree, but it's perfectly possible to avoid the abstruse and not fall into banality, either. Inaugural poem for Obama is a valiant flop 2013-01-22T16:29:35Z It was probably the most abstruse offering to date in the series. Music Review | Dirty Projectors: Indie-Rock on a Quest, With Woodwinds, Brass and Strings 2010-02-22T05:52:00Z Ben Brantley found the play abstruse, however, he wrote, “the precise calibration of the physical production holds your attention.” 9 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z What caused Copland’s shift from populist to abstruse? Asking Whether Copland’s Abstruse Works are the Exception or the Rule 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z He rightly disparages the abstruse theorising of academics who use literary works to prosecute their grudges about colonialism or the politics of gender. Horace and Me by Harry Eyres – revew 2013-07-07T09:00:00Z Second, his poetry is sometimes abstruse, despite his protestations that they are “so simple and natural to me”. More truly and more strange 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z In his compositions, Mr. Tronzo is well aware of slide guitar’s deep association with blues and country — aware enough both to hint at them and craftily, wittily to evade them, making abstruse leaps sound down-home. Music Review: Fred Frith and Nels Cline Create New Soundscapes 2014-01-19T22:12:56Z As they see it, hashing out the abstruse subtleties wrapped up in the idea of forgiveness is a distraction from the task at hand. After abuse,"Women Talking" challenges the misuse and metamorphosis of forgiveness 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z The tunes he writes seem to grow out of that sensitivity: They have the abstruse allure of non-narrative cinema. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z But he never tired of taking apart established forms and reassembling them in ways that were invariably fresh, frequently witty, sometimes abstruse but consistently stimulating. Jean-Luc Godard, Daring Director Who Shaped the French New Wave, Dies at 91 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z “Composition as Explanation,” written in 1925 and delivered as a lecture the following year, is an occasionally lucid, more often blazingly abstruse discussion of art, creation and time, and the interactions among them. Review: Interpreting Gertrude Stein in ‘Composition ... Master-Pieces ... Identity’ 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z He has done this in a breezy, pellucid manner, with a rare talent for explaining abstruse concepts — say, collateralized debt obligations — so that even I can understand them. Michael Lewis Wonders Who’s Really Running the Government 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z But while Mr. Plantinga may favor the highly abstruse style of analytic philosophy, to him the truth of the matter is crystal clear. Alvin Plantinga?s New Book on God and Science 2011-12-13T22:30:17Z “The Starless Sea,” conversely, is an abstruse series of fragmented fables, interspersed with the saga of a present-day grad student who is a voracious reader and connoisseur of retro cocktails. 8 Years After ‘The Night Circus,’ Erin Morgenstern Has a New Novel 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z They could not be shown in the huge cinemas where Bollywood's successful epics attracted full houses, and were often considered abstruse and uncommercial. Mani Kaul obituary 2011-07-14T17:33:24Z His actions and stories were deeply abstruse, but epic, apocalyptic. Art Review: ‘Subliming Vessel,’ Drawings of Matthew Barney, at Morgan 2013-05-09T21:05:25Z Kitsch is one of those terms that, despite having an abstruse definition, has been applied liberally, often damningly, by aesthetic theorists and critics throughout art history. Notes on cocktail camp: From tiki to the boozy juice box, a celebration of the unstuffy drink 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Everts is a crisp and lively writer; she has a master’s degree in chemistry, along with an ability to put abstruse scientific processes into accessible terms. Scents and Science Mingle in ‘The Joy of Sweat’ 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z He is now one of the show’s producers, weighing in on the plot and tone as well as on abstruse technical matters. How “Silicon Valley” Nails Silicon Valley 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The series also narrates the history of the times we have lived through: not only abstruse science fiction, it is political journalism in coded form. The return of Star Wars: an evil empire in Jedi clothing? 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z But instead of reading "Hamlet" or "Great Expectations," he found himself puzzling over abstruse literary theory whose essential tenets he took literally. 'Death of the Author' finds life in academic theory 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z You could marvel at the candy-colored brilliance of Parliament records like “Motor Booty Affair,” or lose yourself in the abstruse marginalia of Pedro Bell’s cover art for “Cosmic Slop” and other Funkadelic records. Let’s Take It to the Page 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z It might appeal to teenagers struggling with the German philosopher’s abstruse thinking. Auctions: Uptown From Wall Street, a Bull Market 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z But as that band has grown more comfortable, its arrangements have grown airier, less abstruse, and Thile has learned to admit more of his bandmates’ contributions. The Endless Curiosity of Chris Thile 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z But here the puzzles are so abstruse that I couldn’t get started and after less than an hour, just as I began to feel dimly oriented, the show ended. In These Immersive Shows, the Jury Is In (Your Home) 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z The show is part of a campaign to bring old-fashioned connoisseurship back into the academy, which they consider to be a thicket overgrown with abstruse theories. Backers of Yale Italian Paintings Show Lament Loss of ?Eye? 2010-08-04T22:44:00Z Some found the resultant works abstruse and alienating, but others celebrated McGregor's brave new dance-world, and the awards and the commissions mounted. Ballet's rock star 2011-01-02T00:03:05Z What emerges from this self-portrait is not the intellectual giant he was often thought to be – his knowledge was extensive and abstruse, but unsystematic and frequently cranky. Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z I mean he writes by folding abstruse science and mannered artistry in architecturally intriguing ways. The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi – review 2012-09-26T07:00:14Z But now I'd like to speak in praise of confusing drama – the bewildering, the esoteric, the abstruse, and even sometimes the merely poorly constructed. Why I do love to be all at sea at the theatre 2012-07-10T15:30:21Z This fervent advocacy, of course, highlights the difficulty of the work; a compendium of the most abstruse, labyrinthine contrapuntal techniques ever conceived. Pianist Angela Hewitt performs Bach’s ‘The Art of Fugue’ at Shriver Hall in Baltimore “We call it being in the bunker”, confided one of these friends to the Mail this week, as though that were a terrifically abstruse term of art. The more dysfunctional the royals are, the more their fans love them 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z For such abstruse fare, it’s brought Paterson, Fehlmann and their collaborators uncommon commercial success. The Orb — strange electronic music that’s also popular 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Ponthus’s lecture, which was illustrated with brief examples at the keyboard, was a freewheeling and fairly abstruse discussion of how sound and structure are related in these works. Music Review: Recital of New Music at Mannes College Festival 2010-06-16T22:13:00Z Absurd but sincere, pop but abstruse, “Dickinson” pulses with tender attention to the tropes of teen soaps. “Dickinson,” from Apple TV+, Is Deeply Weird and Dazzles Gradually 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Gruesome details, abstruse discoveries, and personal secrets are examined with a seemingly cold and impartial eye in the light of the promise that, if seen rightly, they can yield up a picture of the truth. A True-Crime Story That Puts the Victims First 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Luxuriating in the measured accumulation of banal small talk and abstruse clues, I reflected comfortably that I had still only read 32 of the 34 Hercule Poirot novels. Buying books is fun, with a glass in your hand 2010-10-01T23:08:00Z Unlike its predecessor – Barrie Kosky's abstruse 2011 staging of Rameau's Castor and Pollux – it's a great achievement that vindicates the company's determination to bring important yet unfamiliar repertory to UK audiences. Medea – review 2013-02-17T17:10:39Z Yet it’s possible designers may not be as willfully abstruse to the moment as they seem. At Helmut Lang and Oscar de la Renta, Wrestling with History 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z I’ve long thought there are more pointless monuments and works of abstruse public art here than any emerging-economy country really needs. Ay, yi, yi, the ways Mexico spends its tourism money 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Goodman’s work is so appealing to design-world outsiders because she doesn’t focus on abstruse brand names or lavish spectacles. The Beautiful Unrelatability of Wendy Goodman’s Book About Élite Homes 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Some of the more abstruse passages in the novel made sense to me; others did not, even when I reread them several times. In This Novel, Bringing a 700-Page Script to the Screen Is a Writer’s White Whale 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Each discovery is more expensive and often more abstruse. The man who invented 'Big Science,' Ernest Lawrence 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Sebald was in possession of the uncanny ability to make his own intellectual obsessions, however abstruse, immediately, compulsively his reader's. A Place in the Country by WG Sebald – review 2013-04-27T14:00:01Z “Everts is a crisp and lively writer; she has a master’s degree in chemistry, along with an ability to put abstruse scientific processes into accessible terms,” our critic Jennifer Szalai writes. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z "For he who cannot let himself be carried away with this experimental and abstruse experience … there is still a long love scene – intense and surprising – between a princess and a catfish." Cannes winner Uncle Boonmee panned by French film critics 2010-09-01T16:11:00Z “Patience is what you need to buy into this series. Also, faith that all the abstruse wanderings will eventually get someplace.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Mascots’ and ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z News articles quoted an effusive Dias and featured photographs of him beaming in triumph in front of a blackboard filled with abstruse scribbles. Column: How a scientific 'breakthrough' fell apart amid allegations of plagiarism and fakery 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z “I am well aware that speaking of a ‘Synod on Synodality’ may seem something abstruse, self-referential, excessively technical, and of little interest to the general public,” Pope Francis said in August. What Is a Synod in the Catholic Church? And Why Does This One Matter? 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z George F. Will attributed overall declines in college enrollment to changes in the nature of higher education, including the teaching of “abstruse literary theories” instead of formal analysis of great novels such as “Mansfield Park.” Opinion | Why students are not enrolling in higher education 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Who wants a literature major that is mostly about abstruse literary theories — “deconstruction,” etc.? Opinion | As enrollment plummets, academia gets schooled about where it went wrong 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Quantum theory may be weird and notoriously abstruse, but it is foundational to modern physics. Nobel Prize in physics awarded for breakthroughs in quantum mechanics 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z So it is with the material of our heroine’s life: There’s a right way to fashion it, even if at first it seems abstruse. Review: The author of a literary classic, Helen DeWitt tries a novella on for size 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The Fed’s methods of dealing with inflation are abstruse stuff. Bad News From the Fed? We’ve Been Here Before. 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z A trip to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Oaxaca in 1922 set Rivera on a new course: No longer would he paint compositions loaded with abstruse symbolism. Review | San Francisco’s Diego Rivera exhibition is the largest in 20 years 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z In fact, the clouds-to-rain equation has become well-known to many of us, even if we were not versed in the more arcane and abstruse aspects of weather forecasting. Saturday was our second wettest day in a wet month 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z If that method is too abstruse, then Warriors fans could have sensed their team’s fate by watching Green’s performance. Perspective | The Warriors are too cool to worry. It might be time to start. 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z There is likely all sorts of abstruse chicanery happening on a checkout bot’s backend, and I was not surprised that my sources didn’t want to go into detail on how their apps worked. The unstoppable machines behind the game console shortage 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Using such seemingly abstruse measurements to reach broad conclusions about nature demanded an uncommon blend of talents. Marilyn Fogel, ‘isotope queen’ of science, dies at 69 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z The admirable American debate occurs within some non-debatable parameters, beginning with this: Human life begins at conception, a conclusion not of abstruse philosophy or theology but of elementary biology. Opinion | America’s abortion debate has non-debatable parameters 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Their abstruse process for organizing the show began with four written texts. Review: Spanish conquistadors and plastic vomit: That's 'Lifes' at UCLA Hammer Museum 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Still, Myers sided with Cawthorn's abstruse logic, claiming that "we are at a moment in which interest in free and fair elections is at its peak." Trump judge saves Madison Cawthorn, strikes down challenge against his election eligibility 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Both are presumably hoping to harness something along the lines of “The Big Short’s” Oscar-winning screenplay, which made the abstruse subject of short-selling not just palatable but wildly entertaining. Review | Main Street takes on Wall Street in ‘GameStop’ documentary 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Around 2018, the social media accounts associated with Black X, his business association, changed tone, with posts about how to obtain Moorish license plates and identity cards, and explainers of abstruse legal tactics. She Bought Her Dream Home. Then a ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Changed the Locks. 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Both of the decisions were delivered via "shadow docket," an abstruse legal maneuver that allowed the court's conservative wing to circumvent traditional judicial proceedings, earning the justices widespread scorn for their apparent partisanship. The Supreme Court is on defense: Justices speak out to calm growing dissatisfaction 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z “Ema” isn’t so much a character study as it is an exercise in keeping up with an abstruse yet undeniably fascinating figure. Review: Pablo Larraín’s 'Ema' puts a fiery, Reggaeton-fueled spin on motherhood 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Estimates that high, as the New York Times has reported, are generally products of abstruse corporate methodologies that account for amorphous expenses like opportunity or "time" costs. This Democrat got big money from Big Pharma — and turned against lower drug prices 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z His unbridled style of online rhetoric has spread throughout the Chinese diplomatic corps, replacing the turgid mix of evasive diplomatese and abstruse Communist jargon that characterized the nation’s public statements for decades. The Man Behind China’s Aggressive New Voice 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Bitcoins are theoretically produced through the solving of an increasingly abstruse computer riddle, requiring ever increasing computing power to solve. Column: Is Elon Musk trying to destroy bitcoin over environmental concerns? 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z It reflects a depth of alienation among Americans, in which our warring tribes squint through the fog at one another for mysterious and abstruse signs of malice. I’ll Take ‘White Supremacist Hand Gestures’ for $1,000 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z They took refuge in an abstruse argument over regulatory powers of election officials in assorted states. Opinion | Sidney Powell does an about-face on her Stop the Steal claims 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The Grand Canyon State's voters are apparently more interested in passing new laws than preserving abstruse Senate rules, or so recent polling suggests. Joe Manchin vows (yet again) the filibuster is here to stay — so much for Biden's agenda 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z With Democrats preoccupied by the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying economic crisis, liberal leaders might be hesitant to spend their time and energy on abstruse social media policies. How the debate over holding internet platforms accountable is changing under Biden 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Even in the abstruse realms of matter and energy, language matters because physics is done by people. Physicists Need to Be More Careful with How They Name Things 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z “Our offices routinely receive complaints from borrowers who are unable to navigate the abstruse and opaque repayment or forgiveness plans available under current law,” the letter states. Attorneys general join forces urging lawmakers to grant federal student loan debt relief 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z A figure of undisputed authority in some of the most abstruse corners of computing, she was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1989. Column: IBM apologizes for firing a transgender pioneer, a half-century later 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Bayes was at the time responding to a highly abstruse and academic problem among probability theorists. The classification of humankind, and the birth of population science 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z These doomsday scenarios drew on a new subspecialty of epidemiology pioneered by British scientists: using abstruse mathematical models to project the path of a contagious disease. Europe Said It Was Pandemic-Ready. Pride Was Its Downfall. 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Her politics are in some ways abstruse; she largely votes with her party but she is not particularly identified with any progressive cause, other than an often bipartisan distaste for protracted foreign entanglements. Tammy Duckworth Is Battle Tested. Could She Help Joe Biden in His Biggest Mission? 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z There is real potential in this premise, and a few flickers of genuine artfulness, but the storytelling is frustratingly abstruse, making for an “Exit Plan” that’s a real missed opportunity. Review: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau takes a dramatic turn in murky drama 'Exit Plan' 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Back then, all it took to reel me into some abstruse sales pitch was the offer of free ski lift tickets and a hotel room. A fantastic deal beckoned a family to Disney World. Was it too good to be true? 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z You may rightfully find this congressional testimony abstruse and boring and I would be the last person to blame you. Congress can’t fix Bluetooth pairing, but it doesn’t hurt to try 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Prosecutors noted that one DFS response to their questions was “generally abstruse and defensive” and that the agency in November notified prosecutors of disciplinary matters that were “not previously disclosed.” Federal prosecutors question ‘integrity and competence’ of D.C. crime lab 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Our nation faces a multitude of puzzling, complex and abstruse problems. Opinion | We need a political system that isn’t so sure of itself 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Sometimes abstruse to the point of the incomprehensible, this is not an easy play. Theater in L.A. this week: 'The Thanksgiving Play,' a Donna Summer bio-musical and more 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z He opens with the story of his friend Arbus: pale, frail, skinny, and so bright that he is given “abstruse nicknames” such as the “unmoved mover.” Sex and Power in “The Catholic School” 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Yang-Hui He, a mathematical physicist at the University of London, is an expert in string theory, one of the most abstruse areas of physics. No coding required: Companies make it easier than ever for scientists to use artificial intelligence 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Bryson marvelled at its “unhurried pace, comforting devotion to abstruse statistics and thoughtful historical rumination, exhilarating micro-moments of real action stretched across many hours and with a lushness of terminology and restful elegance”. Tour de France offers TV viewers a soothing look at some brutal sport 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z We even lack politicians with the courage to say, “I’m not sure what ‘abstruse’ means.” Opinion | We need a political system that isn’t so sure of itself 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Such memorable analogies abound in this inviting guide to an art form often seen as abstruse. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z At this point it did not seem likely the term would ever travel beyond the abstruse literature produced by institutions preoccupied with things like the nitrogen cycle. The Anthropocene epoch: have we entered a new phase of planetary history? 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z A lot of affect theory is abstruse to the point where you forget that it aims to describe basic facets of everyday reality. Affect Theory and the New Age of Anxiety 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Like cricket on the radio, this coverage boasts no shortage of abstruse statistics, thoughtful historical rumination and all those other qualities Bryson found so endearing. Tour de France offers TV viewers a soothing look at some brutal sport 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Raising the alarm wasn't easy, given the condition's abstruse name, impaired glucose tolerance, and lack of symptoms. The war on ‘prediabetes’ could be a boon for pharma—but is it good medicine? 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z That finding might seem abstruse but is important for discussions of banning the shoe, Dr. Kram says. Nike Vaporfly 4% Shoe May Make Some Run Faster 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z His scientific papers often have literary titles that belie their abstruse content. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z He tends to pepper his remarks with financially abstruse phrases like “fiscal impact analysis” and “tax-credit review panel.” Two Iowas? Candidates for Governor Try to Claim Both 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Last year’s physics prize went to three Americans who used abstruse theory and ingenious equipment design to detect the faint ripples in the universe called gravitational waves. Nobel Prize in physics to be announced Tuesday 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Yet there was nothing dreamy or abstruse about him, especially if you were the guy past whom the ball flew, beyond your grunting reach. “McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection” and the Tennis Star as Existential Hero 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z All this could be seen as an offshoot of a Cold War mentality in which abstruse pursuits were propped up with scientific-sounding language. The Sounds of Music in the Twenty-first Century 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z An abstruse and technical set of regulatory breaches suddenly became a morality play, a story of swaggering villains who fixed the market as if it was a horse race. How to get away with financial fraud 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The elements of the Brexit process that now trigger major discord are so technical and abstruse that only a handful of people really understand them. Another Exhausting, Agonizing Week of Brexit 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Each chapter starts with an apt ode from classical Latin poet Horace — I particularly liked “Don’t attempt abstruse calculations”. The illusion of time 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Martin Rees, the astronomer royal, described how he would sit hunched and motionless for hours over an abstruse book on quantum theory, too weak to turn the pages without help. Stephen Hawking, an appreciation: ‘He had an unquenchable zest for life’ 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, his ability to project his intellectual enthusiasm beyond his frail body, and to draw the wider public into abstruse realms of science is undeniable. Stephen Hawking: The science that made him famous 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Whether viewed from the aspect of cultural theft or nomenclature, the feud remains as bitter as it is abstruse. 2,300 years on, the spirit of warrior hero hovers over Macedonia peace bid 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Though it is quite abstruse, the post, by David Ginsberg and Moira Burke, two company researchers, takes readers through a tour of the nuances on whether Facebook can be bad for you. Facebook Conceded It Might Make You Feel Bad. Here’s How to Interpret That. 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z It was the sort of abstruse display that reinforced the value of observers who possess expertise in local politics, history and culture. A Night in Belgrade With an Undercover Crowd Monitor: ‘Try to Act Casual’ 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Bolshevism was a mind-set, an idiosyncratic culture with an intolerant paranoid wordview obsessed with abstruse Marxist ideology. Opinion | What If the Russian Revolution Had Never Happened? 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z This, however, is elementary biology, not abstruse theology: Something living begins then — this is why it is called conception. Opinion | Democrats are the real abortion extremists 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Some of his work was in the area of developing “proof assistants,” which entailed harnessing the computer to help mathematicians through the dauntingly intricate steps by which abstruse proofs are developed. Vladimir Voevodsky, acclaimed mathematician who won Fields Medal, dies at 51 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Probably my favorite thing about the paper is the way it jumps back and forth between practical tips for mile-chasers and abstruse academic jargon. How to hack frequent flyer miles for fun and profit 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z But several geophysicists say they found the reasoning abstruse. Waves that drive global weather patterns finally explained, thanks to inspiration from bagel-shaped quantum matter 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Having previously written about such abstruse and highly theoretical concepts as the multiverse, Tegmark is not a man daunted by the prospect of informed but imaginative speculation. Max Tegmark: ‘Machines taking control doesn’t have to be a bad thing’ 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z He tracks Smiley down to a library in Freiburg, where the elderly spy seems to be delving into some abstruse historical puzzle, maybe pertaining to the Holy Roman Empire. “A Legacy of Spies”: John le Carré’s latest, maybe last, venture 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z This data is being used to generate hypotheses about the complexity of previously abstruse biological systems. The Maths of Life and Death: Our Secret Weapon in the Fight against Disease 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The prog-rock pioneers embraced extravagance: odd instruments and fantastical lyrics, complex compositions and abstruse concept albums, flashy solos and flashier live shows. The Persistence of Prog Rock 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The first is a lurid right-wing conspiracy theory and the latter is an academic prank to spoof the sometimes abstruse discourse associated with postmodern cultural theory. Tale of 2 hoaxes: The Seth Rich conspiracy theory and “Conceptual Penis” prank both expose a fear of women’s power 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Let me just say that I understand Trump’s abstruse elocution. Trump promised to wipe out Isis – perhaps he already has ... | Rich Hall 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z They all agreed to study the breeding habits of gray whales — a suitably abstruse topic — and gathered at an appointed date at a place where Professor Arrow would be sure to visit. Kenneth Arrow, Nobel-Winning Economist Whose Influence Spanned Decades, Dies at 95 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Repo rates, by contrast, are seen as sufficiently abstruse for the central bank to decide on its own when it wants to change them. China tightens monetary policy (discreetly) 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z On November 8th India took this abstruse thought experiment into the real world, scrapping two banknotes which made up 86% of all rupees in circulation. The high economic costs of India’s demonetisation 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Please do not allow a few readers’ highly abstruse tastes and unwarranted criticisms to sway decisions on changing what works best in The Post’s comics. Don’t listen to ‘Mark Trail’ haters 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Some of Professor Keller’s conclusions may seem deceptively simple, given the abstruse mathematical equations he constructed to reach them. Joseph B. Keller, Mathematician With Whimsical Curiosity, Dies at 93 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Sure, if the goal is simply to publish more abstruse papers and more data sets that will be read only by our friends and colleagues. It’s time to get real about conservation 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Bentley demonstrates that history is not abstruse and remote from our current experience; it is ever present — and just around the next corner. Walking the colorful history of 10 Washington cities 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Plagued by opaque and ever-shifting regulations and a culturally abstruse way of doing business, American companies fell to a series of local giants. Even Uber Couldn’t Bridge the China Divide 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Or one in which health decisions are abstruse and difficult to challenge, and advances in understanding are used to aggressively market health-related services to people — regardless of whether those services actually benefit their health. Stop the privatization of health data 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z He was an innovative and often abstruse theoretician, but he applied his postulates to real-world cases of conflict, cooperation and compromise in planning curriculums, publishing guidebooks and making videos. Howard Raiffa, Mathematician Who Studied Decision Making, Dies at 92 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z The information paradox, as it is known, was no abstruse debate, as Dr. Hawking pointed out from the stage of the Sanders Theater in April. No Escape from Black Holes? Stephen Hawking Points to a Possible Exit 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Donald J. Trump says the abstruse Republican delegate system distorts the will of the people. Ted Cruz, Facing Hard G.O.P. Path, Seeks a Good Argument 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Related: American crossroads: Reagan, Trump and the devil down south And if that observation seems a little abstruse, then there was Ted Cruz to clarify it for you. The Republican debate sounded reasonable. That doesn't mean it was | Jeb Lund 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z “We recognize that we’re covering very difficult, abstruse stuff,” Mr. Frank told the Times. Richard S. Frank, who edited National Journal for two decades, dies at 84 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z It was an elegant if abstruse examination of the principal aesthetic ideas of medieval Latin civilisation. Umberto Eco obituary 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z The making of art — popular or fine, abstruse or accessible, sacred or profane — is one of the glories of our species. Everybody’s a Critic. And That’s How It Should Be. 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z The problem might appear abstruse - and with little actual impact in the battle against jihadist extremists. Hollande's nightmare over nationality - BBC News 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z And while she was well known in her field, her work — which focused on the structure and function of various kinds of RNA — was considered abstruse, even by science standards. The Crispr Quandary 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Less commonly understood, however, is how thoroughly the research into this profound, abstruse and seemingly otherworldly theory was shaped by the messy human dramas of the past century. How Politics Shaped General Relativity 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Dad was bombarded with a barrage of abstruse medical terms such as “uremia,” “hemodialysis,” “shunt” and “fistula” and asked for my help in understanding them. When a doctor’s father rejected dialysis, he didn’t expect what happened 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Prayuth, 61, is often portrayed as a buffoon or a tyrant, thanks in part to public gaffes and threats that aides attribute to his abstruse sense of humor. Thailand's reluctant leader prolongs his grip on power 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z In the United States, the bat flip exists on the abstruse list of behaviors considered rude and worthy of confrontation. Bat Flipping Draws Shrugs in South Korea but Scorn in America 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Oh they’re still here, as fascinating, offbeat and abstruse as ever, but restricted to momentary exposition instead of Homeric interruption. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Is the Best Ever 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Yet trying to get through an abstruse book about the essence of cognition is one thing; that basketball could be over our heads is somehow harder to take. The Obtuse Triangle 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Phelps also trims characters, turns strangers into family members, and simplifies the plot, which in the book deals with the rather abstruse question of whether to rezone a poor community adjacent to Pagford. Thomas Cromwell, TV’s Latest Anti-Hero 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z No, I don’t mean economics, or the abstruse arguments about whether we should use monetary or fiscal policy. Astonishing Number; Americans Think Corporate Profits Are 36% Of Sales 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z He had lived with his wife in the same modest apartment, near the National Zoo, for almost twenty-five years, and was renowned for his grasp of abstruse fiscal issues. How Medicare Was Made 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Echoing Lenard’s fantasy, Stark claimed that while Aryans preferred to pursue an experimental physics rooted in tangible reality, the Jews wove webs of abstruse theory disconnected from experience. How 2 Pro-Nazi Nobelists Attacked Einstein’s "Jewish Science" 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z His analysis is credible but, as the writers and producers told him, way too abstruse for anyone in the audience to think about. Eddie Huang Against the World 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z “Her writings on federalism and Social Security are unsurpassed: analytically deep, sprightly, bringing potentially arid, abstruse subject matter vividly to life,” Gareth Davies, a history professor at the University of Oxford, said on Wednesday. Martha A. Derthick, Public Policy Decoder, Dies at 81 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z But even here, tackling an ancient and abstruse Tibetan text before an assembly of believers and in his own language, the words and concepts were simple and direct. Relentless: The Dalai Lama's Heart of Steel But this somewhat abstruse, semantic argument risks concealing the issues at stake - should religion be afforded special legislative or even constitutional protection? Blasphemy, jihad and victimhood 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Sharp, penetrating language by Adam Liptak enlivens this potentially abstruse legal issue. Bright Passages 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z He was trying to explain potential energy and power — not complex concepts, but abstruse. Randall Munroe, the Creator of XKCD, Explains Complexity Through Absurdity 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The court’s opinions in this fall’s orders are not abstruse. Supreme Court, With Terse Orders, Has Judges and Lawyers Reading Tea Leaves 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Lest you think this abstruse field of science seems to be far afield of marketing, think again. Highly Successful Marketers Always Ask These 7 Questions 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z A cadre of biochemists flocked to the AMA and, after reviewing the scientist’s research, began to dissect his findings to a technical and abstruse degree. The World’s Largest 2-Way Dialogue between Scientists and the Public 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Some view buy-backs as a form of financial sorcery, on a par with all those abstruse credit derivatives that helped cause the financial crisis. The repurchase revolution 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Even less do they attempt to read the widely-cited article co-authored by Michael Jensen in 1976, which clothed the same preconceived conclusion in nonsensical psychology and abstruse mathematics. From CEO 'Takers' To CEO 'Makers': The Great Transformation 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z “I hope we haven’t gotten to the point where the Supreme Court’s opinions are so abstruse that the educated layperson can’t pick them up and read them and understand them,” he said. Supreme Court, With Terse Orders, Has Judges and Lawyers Reading Tea Leaves 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z At a time when the economics profession is plagued with mysticism and abstruse esoterica, it is a relief to find a book that explains vital economic realities simply, clearly, and intelligently. Steve Forbes & Elizabeth Ames' Book, "Money" 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z At the time, Restoration Hardware issued an abstruse press release, saying only that Friedman was going to run a new, related company. Restoration Hardware’s Mail-Order Extravagance 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The device, of course, is meant to suggest that the issue is just too complex, just too abstruse for people without advanced degrees to presume to pass judgment on. Republicans and Science: A Relationship Gone Bad 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Claims of internet imitation seldom spur criminal trials at all, let alone trials that air an abstruse but vigorous scholarly dispute over the Scrolls' origins. Man convicted in Dead Sea Scrolls case sentenced to two months in jail 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Claims of Internet imitation seldom spur criminal trials at all, let alone trials that air an abstruse but vigorous scholarly dispute over the Scrolls’ origins. After appeal, jail in NYC Dead Sea Scrolls case 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Claims of Internet imitation seldom spur criminal trials at all, let alone trials that air an abstruse but vigorous scholarly dispute over the Scrolls' origins. After appeal, jail in NYC Dead Sea Scrolls case 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z My headline is cute, but perhaps a bit abstruse, so I will hasten to explain it. Obesity: of Sips, Flips and SNiPs 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z This was all kind of abstruse, until Mr. Manners-Bell provided an example that I think many supply chain professionals will relate to. Supply Chain Disruptions are Too Easily Blamed on Outside Forces 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z In the early 1980s there was still some truth to the caricature of management consultants making abstruse recommendations and taking little interest in their execution. From advising to doing 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The track, “Sleep Sound,” is quietly beautiful, filled with abstruse melodies that swirl and fade; it manages to sound both sparse and overflowing simulataneously. Jamie xx Releases New Single “Sleep Sound” 2014-03-27T18:40:34Z In the 90 years since that first Bee, the number of contestants in the Scripps National Spelling Bee has grown to 11 million, and the words have become considerably more abstruse. REVIEW: Bad Words: Jason Bateman F—s Up a Shot at Saturnine Satire 2014-03-13T16:55:42Z It may be more bought than read: It is said to include abstruse reflections on biblical citations that scholars will study closely but that ordinary readers may find less accessible. Entrusted to Burn John Paul II’s Notes, Cardinal Publishes Them Instead 2014-02-05T04:11:16Z But he continued drawing the whole time, making sketches in his lecture notes to clarify abstruse medical concepts for himself, then doing the same for classmates and even professors. Books: In ‘Medicine’s Michelangelo,’ Dr. Frank Netter’s Life in Pictures 2014-02-03T20:11:30Z The nature of the subversions sounds abstruse: the random-number generator, the 'Dual EC DRBG' standard, had been hacked by the NSA so that its output would not be as random as it should have been. Academics should not remain silent on hacking 2013-12-18T18:50:04.539Z Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit appeared to focus on the most abstruse of legal doctrines, ranging from to . Chevron Rolls Out the Big Gun: Ted Olson 2013-09-26T21:25:51Z The most noteworthy aspect of this abstruse dating study, though, is that its insights suggest ways to unravel other mysteries throughout the solar system. Solved: The Mystery of the Martian Meteorites 2013-07-26T18:45:00.760Z Whenever we need to access abstruse facts, we'll just grab our phones—at least until we implant even better technologies right into our brain. Smart Phones Mean You Will No Longer Have to Memorize Facts 2013-07-25T13:15:00.670Z At the heart of Dr. Wilson’s work was an abstruse mathematical apparatus known as the renormalization group, which had been conceived by his thesis adviser, Dr. Gell-Mann, and Francis Low in 1951. Kenneth Wilson, Nobel Physicist, Dies at 77 2013-06-21T02:14:58Z It’s an abstruse legal move that wouldn’t directly affect most fishermen, but would subject the Navy to a review process that could ultimately force it to alter or even abandon its work there. Who Would Kill a Monk Seal? 2013-05-08T11:00:24Z Armed with statistics and abstruse studies, the two presidential candidates traded accusations for 90 minutes, often letting the falsehoods fly or misrepresenting each other’s positions. Obama, Romney Twist Two Crucial Issues in Debate 2012-10-04T05:05:15Z As with anything, the devil is in the details, but this kind of thinking is not abstruse. Books on Science: ‘Visual Strategies’ Transforms Data Into Art That Speaks 2012-09-03T21:26:30Z Founded in 1945, the ICJ is a United Nations court better known for adjudicating abstruse boundary disputes between states than for deciding the fate of alleged criminals. Hague court may order trials for exiled ex-rulers 2012-07-18T16:52:36Z That question, abstruse as it might seem, underlies a long-running controversy in swimming about the best, most efficient technique for the freestyle and the backstroke. Well: Delineating the Perfect Swim Stroke 2012-07-04T04:01:35Z Others, as when, precisely, does a player in an offside position become active, are delphically abstruse. How refereeing soccer made me a better doctor 2012-06-10T13:00:01Z There are few writings on the more abstruse problems of science better adapted to reading by the general public, and in this form the books will be well in the reach of the investigator.... Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z Begin my dissertation and try to make abstruse subject attractive: 'learning put lightly, like powder in jam.' Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z Sometimes in plain narrative the lecturer would be specially awkward, while in abstruse passages he seemed specially at home, rose into a natural eloquence, and carried away the hearer by the grandeur of his diction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z There are no gradual and easy stages that are to land them finally into the abstruse style and profound thinking of the books that have really shaped the life and thought of the Chinese race. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z In 2008, for example, the causes of the financial collapse were abstruse, but Obama gave the impression that he understood what was happening and would handle it calmly. Why 2012 Will Be a Choice Election, Not a Referendum 2012-04-13T20:05:14Z The General, a resplendent figure in his uniform, knows a good deal about the most abstruse and complicated sciences, though he proclaims that he knows no more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z He was well versed in seamanship of all kinds, and used his experience habitually to throw light on abstruse problems of dynamics. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z Even the loftiest and most abstruse doctrines must have an influence upon life. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z Nunu turned her eyes quickly upon him, but immediately resumed her apparently deep study of the abstruse figures in the Kidderminster carpet. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z He was absorbed in abstruse calculations when Luachan, suddenly pricking up his ears, and impatiently scratching at the door, gave notice that some stranger approached the castle. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z British audiences, he knew, did not want either abstruse plots or out-and-out farces, but they did like to be indulged with gentle ripples of laughter. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z He had been a Bramin, skilful in theology, and in all abstruse learning. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z I have found as a rule that abstruse written explanations are very difficult to understand. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Often the clearest ideas we have on abstruse points are derived from them, e.g. the shamrock or trefoil is an emblem of the Blessed Trinity. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 108, November 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-20T02:00:10.797Z No financial statement was too intricate for her, and no contract too abstruse. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z So inveterate were the habits which he had contracted in his human state, that his spirit was still influenced by his passion for abstruse study. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z It was an affectation of abstruse cookery throughout. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Thus results, on the one hand, recognition of objects; on the other, argument and reasoning, for the most abstruse reasoning is nothing more than a classification of relations. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z For musicians and writers the interesting if abstruse study of Professor Patterson will prove valuable. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z With indescribable rapture Toby found, as he thought, exactly what he wanted, in the abstruse pages of Jacob Bœhmen. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z The most abstruse investigations into the "celestial mechanism" could not be made without this axiom be granted. The Sun changes its position in space therefore it cannot be regarded as being "in a condition of rest" 2012-03-08T03:00:10.827Z These are, however, abstruse speculations leading to conclusions not founded upon actual observation, but upon theorising over the supposed fitness of things. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z Only Mr. Ravenor and a few of the older guests appeared to be still engrossed in the discussion of some abstruse scientific controversy then raging in the reviews. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z I shall, therefore, Mr. President, at the risk of being a little abstruse, discuss that point. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z The most obscure systems became intelligible in that limpid and lucid speech, which reported with faultless dexterity the agile movements of the Gallic mind, and made popular the most abstruse doctrines of metaphysics. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z Mr. James the father was getting out a somewhat abstruse book called 'Substance and Shadow, or Morality and Religion in their Relation to Life.' The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Thus we have three branches differing in formal progression, yet one unity in which all things remain potentially, and that after a most abstruse manner. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Sissie Wilson bit the end of her pencil in abstruse calculation, Emily Thompson was deep in the pages of her arithmetic, while most of the girls were adding up columns as if for dear life. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z Everybody knows by name at least the celebrated Dr. Greatrex, the discoverer of that abstruse molecular theory of the interrelations of forces and energies. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z "Is there any deficiency, mental or physical, about a man, to prevent his attempting this abstruse art?" The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z But instead of explaining that, he went off into an abstruse discourse about how currency policy affects commodity prices. Romney Unscathed in Twin New Hampshire Debates 2012-01-08T18:35:15Z Investigation into first causes, abstruse mental phenomena, the science of being, he brushed aside as trash—mere scientific absurdities. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Manners and Irruptions of the Northern Nations; Growth of the European States; Feudal System, and other equally abstruse subjects.” Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z The model, although simple in construction, is very useful, and its careful study will greatly assist the student in obtaining definite physical conceptions of many of the more abstruse phenomena depending on the ether. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z We perceive, with great alarm, the increasing number of abstruse names given to various simple articles of clothing and commerce. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z He was master of the Greek, and was familiar with the abstruse and subtle philosophy of that speculative people. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z He doesn’t give the same speech twice, but wanders around through his favorite topics–last time I saw him, in October, he gave an extended, abstruse lecture on currency policy. 12 Days Till Iowa: Ron Paul Is Not a Politician 2011-12-22T10:05:31Z It is positively refreshing to see how quickly and unerringly some individuals can judge a delicate question of abstruse psychology by first impressions. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z Blair explained the vaccination idea to Ha'o, and made it as clear as the limitations of language and understanding of so abstruse a matter permitted. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z And since it is the direct outcome of the most abstruse, purely scientific investigations, there could be no more appropriate subject for a place in this book. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z In the fine arts, and even in the abstruse sciences, women have excelled as well as men. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z Maybe you imagine a field that is scholarly, abstruse by nature and untethered to any grounding in real science. Experimental Philosophy: Thoughts Become the New Lab Rats (preview) 2011-11-08T12:15:00.947Z The sect’s lingo, its abstruse numerology and its eccentric formulation of racial pride — in which black men are considered “gods,” black women “earths” — have been widely influential in hip-hop music, and therefore beyond black America. Beliefs: Michael Muhammad Knight Straddles Muslim and Hip-Hop Worlds 2011-10-29T01:40:37Z As a lawyer he early manifested, in a wonderful degree, the power of simplifying and making clear to the common understanding the most difficult and abstruse questions. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z No department of science is too deep, no political question too abstruse, for their capacity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z At the period of this history, Doctor Dee was fast verging on eighty, having passed a long life in severe and abstruse study. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Probably this is too abstruse a series of retrospective learning for their scholarship, and near or quite as foreign from their knowledge as from that of their hearers.* Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion 2011-10-12T02:00:53.110Z The mere collection of data, however multiplied in detail, however abstruse the subjects to which they may refer, does not of itself deserve the name of science. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Then I'll be more abstruse with him: What think you, sir, of the taking Hyleg? or of the best way of rectification for a nativity? Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z No doubt he made the mistake of believing that he was eminently fitted for grappling with abstruse religious theories, and he was not the first literary genius who has done so. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z He was absorbed in abstruse speculations, and was happy only when he was left in undisturbed possession of his books. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Even the most abstruse fields, Mr Lazaridis observes, yield practical benefits in the long run. The future of physics (2): Stretching the perimeter 2011-09-28T18:32:42Z He divined the young man's doubts and fears, the battle waged within him betwixt an abstruse political aim and his own upright nature. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Burning so The limbs encased in fat, and the long chine, I led my mortals on to an art abstruse, And cleared their eyes to the image in the fire, Erst filmed in dark. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z Faraday's method was far more simple and natural, and he excelled Dumas in bringing home to young minds abstruse truths by the logic of well-arranged consecutive experiment. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z However, I should not have troubled myself, probably, with any of these abstruse notions, had they not offered me a new road for life, when the old one was worn out. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z In other respects Hegel's philosophy in its application to the other departments of science gave in many ways a predominance to an abstruse dialectic tendency. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z None knew better in these days than did the high-born Spaniards, all the many little tricks of voice and gesture which go to make up the abstruse and difficult art of diplomacy. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z I could solve an abstruse question in dynamics, but I could not write three sentences in English correctly. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z It was not years alone that had changed the colour of his hair, however, but a lifetime of abstruse study. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z Their talk strayed to minor subjects and to those of great importance, ranging from a discussion of prairie hens to sage comment upon certain abstruse philosophy. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere.... The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z He thought some of those hard thoughts, some of those abstruse, worrying, almost despairing thoughts, which add years to a man's life. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z The logic of the idealist tradition has gradually grown very complex and very abstruse, as may be seen from the Bradleian sample considered in our first lecture. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z His similes and metaphors are often strikingly original and apt; never more so than when they light up with a sudden flash the dark core of some abstruse scientific problem. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z I have, accordingly, prepared the following selections, cutting out abstruse discussions, dropping as far as possible technical language, and adapting the style to the requirements of the general reader. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z These refinements in his game are so exquisitely abstruse that we apparently can’t perceive them, much less understand. In overhauling his golf game, Tiger Woods has lost his identity 2011-08-09T21:25:00Z Much abstruse, semi-scientific and academic material has been forced into the polar discussions about proofs by observation. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z All this journalism was done at the same time that the heavy sustained task of the condensation of Comte's abstruse and bulky work was proceeding. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z In his public teachings he never indulged in abstractions, never ran away from his theme, upon abstruse and visionary ideas. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z To assume that the average Theist, whose philosophy is taken from the daily newspaper and the weekly sermon, derives his conviction from a series of abstruse philosophical arguments is simply ridiculous. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z It has arrived at its present state only by slow and cautious steps of improvement; and, indeed, in that present state, however obvious and unattractive, it is something of an abstruse and refined invention. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z When I have gone through some abstruse calculations over which I am at present engaged, I shall turn my attention to the matter. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z He was an import-export trader during the 1980s when the Indian government tightly controlled trade and industry through high tariffs and an abstruse licensing regime. India's Way: Billionaires? Rise Aids India, and the Favor Is Returned 2011-07-26T22:19:58Z Throckmorton, who knew something about most things, saw through Morford’s shallow Hebraism, and inwardly scoffed at the cheerful insufficiency with which the most abstruse biblical problems were attacked. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z Attention will be confined to some of the common occurrences of daily life, the methods of dealing with which are typical of the method adopted in considering more important and abstruse problems. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z They are for ever digging out some abstruse problem from the sacred books of the world to make themselves miserable over. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z Mr. Leeson, in his study, was busily engaged over some of that abstruse work which occupied all his time. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z The abstruse terms "Mystery," "Wisdom," "�on," "Prince of the Powers" recur again and again, and always with the cabalistic meaning. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z In teaching a course on English Empiricism I undertook a line of exposition which I knew was abstruse. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z My Style may be, at times, I own, A trifle cryptic or abstruse; In this I do not stand alone, And need but mention, in excuse, A thousand world-familiar names, From Meredith to Henry James. Verse and Worse 2011-07-12T02:00:34.607Z This Poem is abstruse, and requires thought and care for the interpretation of the Poet’s meaning. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z He underwhelmed with his abstruse Three Represents ideology, which even after a nationwide propaganda campaign still left many Chinese confused as to what it actually meant. Is China's Ex-Leader Jiang Zemin Dead? 2011-07-06T06:23:15Z There is certainly nothing in the nature of critical science which ought to be thought hard or abstruse, or even remarkably dry and repulsive. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z I could not help remembering that I had often been overthrown in more abstruse arguments by the same sort of answer. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z I have devoted myself to abstrusest science, have held commune with the stars, and have wrested the most hidden secrets from Nature—but that is all. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z Popular notions on abstruse points of science are occasionally erroneous. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z For this purpose the following works are named, none of which are too abstruse or difficult for the average reader: 1. Studies in Old Testament History 2011-06-17T02:00:16.420Z The sense of dependence on God, which was the foundation of Schleiermacher's theory, he regarded as stupid mysticism, and the general tendency of the more recent philosophy as obscure, abstruse, scholastic, and useless. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Finally he settled down in the comfortable sitting room looking over some books on scientific subjects, and picking out here and there a simple fact among a group of very abstruse ones. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z We need not plunge into the arid and abstruse computations of years and cycles which make early chronology so difficult to follow and to appreciate. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Problem,” continued Kent, with a smile: “when the bewildered medieval mind encountered a puzzle too abstruse for ordinary human solution, what was its refuge?” The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z Such abstruse subjects connected with religious associations, and maintained or refuted by the triumph or the levity of some haughty polemic, produced the most irreverent feelings among the vulgar. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The exhaustion of Europe after the great struggle with Napoleon brought dimly home to multitudes who knew nothing about and cared nothing for abstruse speculation a sense of the difficulty and complexity of social problems. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z The delights and ornaments of verse, intended really to make moral doctrine more pleasing and less abstruse -267-and thorny, had become, with his contemporaries, mere alluring disguises for obscenity and blasphemy. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z She had never troubled herself about abstruse theological questions. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z Ask them to study: why, what is there they do not know, from the most futile accomplishment to the most abstruse science? Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Surely it was an abstruse form of fear. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The mathematical researches of men like Sir William Rowan Hamilton are far too technical, too difficult and too abstruse for popular apprehension. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z There he won great distinction as a scholar of mathematics, and wrote many abstruse and learned books, very different from “Alice in Wonderland.” The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland 2011-04-30T02:00:12.447Z The most abstruse and abstract thought of to-day is possible because ages and ages ago men living in caves were hungry and sought food, were cold and sought warmth, felt fear and sought protection. The Girl in Her Teens 2011-04-26T02:00:26.063Z The work is far too abstruse for the general reader, and is even difficult reading for many accomplished engineers. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z The wife was silently nursing her wrath, while the husband appeared to be engaged on some abstruse problem that occupied all his intellect. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Such objections are perhaps still stronger with regard to the abstruse sciences. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady 2011-04-19T02:00:19.607Z In the eyes of the Creator, the correct statement of abstruse metaphysical questions was supposed to be of more importance than the fulfilment of the moral law. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z For this evidence we must consider the more abstruse doctrines of force and its relation to matter. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z He had become a student of philosophy; and this change makes itself felt in the more abstruse and abstract odes of the Convito. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z He rendered the most abstruse subject clear by illustration, and enchained the minds of his hearers with delight. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z There is nothing technical, nothing abstruse, nothing indirect, either in the subject or its explanation. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z A great variety of interesting but abstruse questions arise from the consideration of space; but they belong properly to Cosmology and Natural Theology. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z This seems rather abstruse—the basic rule for people-power movements is, Organize first, bureaucratize later — and it would be easy to dismiss these young people as hopelessly naive but for two factors. A New Palestinian Movement: Young, Networked, Nonviolent 2011-03-31T11:25:00Z Nothing, however abstruse in learning, however remote from the ordinary range of scholarship, was hidden from his genius. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Garth was going in the advance, and for a time keeping silence—as if busied with some abstruse calculation. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The greatest inequality may prevail in the compensation; and those teachers who are engaged in the most abstruse departments, will necessarily be worse paid than those who are engaged in superintending the elementary branches. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z There is nothing abstruse or far-fetched about the use of the terms “true” and “truth” as equivalent to “real” and “reality”. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z In astronomy, in order to solve its higher and more abstruse problems, it is necessary to deduce from one of the great laws of Nature; namely, that of gravitation. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z There have been many others, however, involving much more abstruse points, on which his great learning and industry have been exercised, and which are regarded as conclusive in logic as well as in law. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z But that unfortunate kiss his princess had given the king of Egypt, did not leave his mind at sufficient ease to study the abstruse sciences. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The splendor that enraptures the Frenchman, the abstruse reasoning that delights the German, are alike boredom to this practical inventor of machinery and builder of ships. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z The abstruse nature of his studies, the mystical character of his writings, and the general indifference of the Romans to such subjects, caused his works to be soon forgotten. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z His wife merely bestowed upon him a cold greeting, and then entered into an absorbing conversation with Franziska, the elder daughter, upon some abstruse point of English law. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z Here is my register,” and he produced a book, wherein divers abstruse mathematical calculations were apparent. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z Its principles are, indeed, of so abstruse a nature, that it is not easy to frame out of them a religious argument that is capable of popular illustration. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Child, for thee there are more fitting things in store than the upper knowing—better than solitude; higher charms than study, and abstruse pondering over recondite lore, and subtle laws of Being and of Power. Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story 2011-02-25T03:01:12.293Z But Equiprobabilism is so complicated and abstruse that even the professional theologians who hold it are often at a loss how to apply it, and are found to give inconsistent decisions. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z He is an earnest, sometimes stern and sometimes pathetic, preacher of righteousness, who despises the mere graces of style and the subtleties of an abstruse logic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z He went in for study, of the abstruse and heavy order, with an ardor worthy of a better cause. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Apuleius is better remembered by his fable of Cupid and Psyche than by his abstruser Platonic writings; and the Decameron of Boccaccio has outlived the Latin Treatises, and other learned works of that author.” The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z "You will disarrange the manuscript, and you take no interest in these abstruse scientific studies." No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z They held forth on abstruse subjects concerning strategy and tactics, which I shall refrain from repeating. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z It would be like trying to explain some abstruse principle of science to a little child. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z In subtle questions I full many a time Have heretofore engaged, and this great point Debated, whether woman should extend Her search into abstruse and hidden truths. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Henry Halford hesitated to reply; he looked earnestly at the young lady who could read an address on the most abstruse sciences with "great interest." Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z My Style may be at times, I own, A trifle cryptic or abstruse; In this I do not stand alone, And need but mention, in excuse, A thousand world-familiar names, From Meredith to Henry James. Perverted Proverbs A Manual of Immorals for the Many 2011-01-01T03:00:23.337Z Cynthia was so greatly shaken, that to defend her from his observation I was even moved to indulge in the parson's fondness for the dead languages and abstruse theories. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Probably no single theory can explain satisfactorily the fundamental cause of attraction in all cases of dyeing, and further investigation is needed to answer fully this very difficult and abstruse question. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z She is much attached to the philosophy of Newton; and, it is marvelous to see a person of her age so conversant with such abstruse subjects. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z "I will put a few questions to this young lady who expresses her interest in abstruse subjects," he said to himself. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z Well, I studied divinity; that is, I attended lectures diligently, and wrote whole wagon-loads of most abstruse erudition. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Yet others are working out its psychological implications, enquiring into instinct and animal intelligence, and solving by its aid abstruse problems of the human mind and the human emotions. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z A full parliament was at once held, but the debate had to be abandoned; the matter was too abstruse for the Fuegian brain. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z "Because it is forgetting!" he cried triumphantly, echoing and confirming my own abstruse meditation as I had watched the shirley poppies over the ramparts. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Their astronomy, and probably their geometry and other abstruse branches of knowledge, were, at least in respect to their leading principles, not inferior to those of the present day. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z It's not often that a newspaper column can resolve a dispute that has troubled the finest minds of an abstruse academic discipline, but hey, what else is the New Review for? In Nokia World, the future's bright 2010-09-18T23:02:00Z Still, in measured, often poetic assessments, Mrs. Park’s books describe how Jessy recoiled when touched, screamed in desolation if a washcloth was missing from the bathroom and performed abstruse mathematical calculations. Clara Claiborne Park, 86, Dies; Wrote About Autistic Child 2010-07-13T04:47:00Z The monikers offer no clue: They’re pure literary whimsy, a proudly opaque muddling of the chartreuse with the abstruse. Tipsy Diaries: Cocktails Now Served With Twists of the Tongue 2010-06-10T21:55:00Z "She could map out even the longest, most abstruse articles like some amazing cartographer," says Carol Steiker, a professor at Harvard Law and a fellow Law Review editor of Kagan's. Now Playing for Center Court 2010-05-13T09:20:00Z Kagan "wasn't someone who just wanted to go into academics to play with ideas in a more abstruse way," said Daniel Shaviro, a New York University law professor who knew Kagan at Chicago. For Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, a history of pragmatism over partisanship 2010-05-11T04:00:00Z The discourse was too abstruse for the average layman in the audience, but this barely mattered. 2010-01-12T15:51:00Z In this sense, therefore, not so abstruse and formally logical as it may appear, we are all universal doubters. The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker “You,” said I. “You drive a nail as if it were an abstruse problem in differential calculus.” The Idyl of Twin Fires Nothing is too complicated, or too deep, or too abstruse for the Porpoise. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise It was useless to argue so abstruse a point with so interested and impassioned a reasoner. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 There is nothing abstruse either in the terms themselves, or in their setting. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent I said I should be abstruse, and I have not yet finished. The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker The love-sick and sentimental had no charm for him; but he sought rather the abstruse and mysterious, bending all his energies to the comprehension of the one and the unraveling of the other. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 He was familiar with the abstruse branches of theology and corresponded with several eminent divines. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution She, 224 herself, was not taking that course, for she preferred logarithms and abstruse calculations, to the marvels of the Parthenon. Dolly's College Experiences It stands in the place of all abstruse propositions in a Catholic's mind, for to believe in her word is virtually to believe in them all. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent In all my father's intellectual pursuits she was thoroughly at home—no study was too deep or abstruse for her comprehension. Glories of Spain The conditions of its existence—if existence can be predicated on that which does not exist—are so peculiar and abstruse that only genius is really capable of taming it and leading it captive. Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Patience, my fellow sages and students of those sublime and abstruse sciences ignored by the gross intellects of our reptile neighbours, patience, for to-morrow I bring you a feast of blood. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Then considering this topic exhausted, Mr. Ticks took out his notebook and looked absently out of the window; now and then he jotted down a few abstruse figures. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Let an error against faith be concealed under expressions however abstruse, and her sure instinct found it out. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent Ken stayed with him, trying to follow the abstruse work, and follow his father's too-brief explanations. The Year When Stardust Fell After a display of his power, he states, in his address to Ferdinand, the most abstruse problems of the ideal philosophy. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 To the public Boole was known only as the author of numerous abstruse papers on mathematical topics, and of three or four distinct publications which have become standard works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The polite literature, as well as the abstruser science of antiquity, became the subject of cultivation. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 There are some metaphysical ideas so abstract, so abstruse, that it is almost impossible to express them at all without the use of figures of speech. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy One of the great dangers a new club has to face is the ambitious tendency to begin with some abstruse, difficult subject rather than with a simple one. Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women The object sought in abstruse study is either a truth which cannot be known, or a vain thing which it is useless to know. Arabian Wisdom He was not brilliant in his studies, the memorizing of abstruse questions and recondite problems was not to his liking. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel My head must have been suffering, to have fallen into error like this; for see, here are far deeper and more abstruse calculations,—all correct, all accurate. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience It is often said that philosophy is a very difficult and abstruse subject. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Ewing nervously apprehended talk of an abstruse literary character from which he would be debarred. Ewing\\'s Lady There are problems, however, which, though apparently of an abstruse and merely speculative character, have exercised a powerful influence for good or evil in the history of mankind. Lectures on The Science of Language He was at home equally in theology, in science, and on the questions of the day, with a remarkable power of making truth seemingly abstruse simple to common people. The Story of Chautauqua Order being a necessary antidote for the abstruse, I have divided the terms into groups, according to their nature, to the dimension they affect or the matter to which they refer. A Novelist on Novels Whether they were the work of the progenitors of the Indians, or of a race long since extinct, is a question for such as have taste and leisure for such abstruse inquiries. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia But it doesn't seem really necessary for her to go into the abstruse subjects, for every year counts. Helen Grant's Schooldays The mystery of verse is like other abstruse and recondite mysteries,—it strikes the ordinary fleshly man as absurd. The Future of English Poetry What abstruse revelations arise, stammering, and are obscure from their very mass, as a hesitating speech. Toilers of the Sea Nor was his knowledge confined to these abstruser branches of science; it embraced the whole circle of literature and the fine arts. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 It is doubtful whether he himself placed the highest importance upon his executive work; it is not unlikely that he would prefer to be remembered as a Hebrew scholar and the author of abstruse commentaries. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 In that respect she did not inherit her father's facility nor his love for the abstruse and difficult. Helen Grant's Schooldays And so she devoted herself to philosophy, reading works on medicine, anatomy, and other subjects, which are usually too abstruse and distasteful to her sex. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors His contributions to its memoirs are numerous, and many of them are on the most abstruse and difficult mathematical problems. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" It is generally hard and heavy, destitute of life and power, abstruse, metaphysical, learned, and consequently dull. The London Pulpit And the art of cookery was not a whit less abstruse than the art of pharmacy. Pretty Michal But these are abstruse fancies, which you must fly, if you wish to possess a healthy mind. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 But when he wrote on less abstruse matters he was intelligible as well as weighty, full of thought, and with an occasional underglow of restrained eloquence. Studies in Contemporary Biography Some race or races devised a method of symbolizing events and ultimately of making even abstruse ideas tangible by means of graphic signs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Working out some abstruse mathematical problem, or calculating how much money your year's crops will bring? Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge But the other, though he sits abstruse, must not think to escape his share of blame. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) The abstruser points of mathematics were beyond his intellect; but he seemed to have a liking for the certainty of the science, and he manifested a wish to master it. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 She has the sugar tongs poised in the air, and is apparently sunk in abstruse meditation. Rossmoyne The work of Clausius, who was a mathematical rather than an experimental physicist, was concerned with many of the most abstruse problems of molecular physics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Many of the theories which at first appear abstruse and obscure, at length become clear and lucid. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 As a medium for the conveyance of historical facts, subtle emotions or abstruse philosophical conceptions, can it compare with the languages of the Western world? Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" I had accomplished something far beyond the most abstruse philologies—I had got what I wanted. Aliens Spinoza's philosophy has suffered not a little from the highly abstruse and technical form in which the Ethics is written. The Philosophy of Spinoza Bergman’s symbolism was obviously cumbrous, and the system used in 1782 by Lavoisier was equally abstruse, since the forms gave no clue as to composition; for instance water, oxygen, and nitric acid were , and . Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" If you write of things abstruse or new, Some of your own inventing may be used, So it be seldom and discreetly done. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The discourse was long and didactic, and portions of it were not easy to follow, containing a discussion of a rather abstruse point in mental philosophy. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education The longest and most abstruse flight of a philosopher becomes clear and shallow, in the flash of a moment, when we suddenly perceive the aspect and drift of his intention. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Not Chaldea appeared more ancient, nor the Pyramids of Egypt more abstruse; and I heard time measured by “the drums and tramplings” of immemorial conquests, and saw myself the creature of an hour. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) The meaning of the sentence does not seem very abstruse; but before any suggestion is made for its interpretation, it will be desirable to ascertain to what Council it belongs. Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. “Do you suppose I fear?” she cried, and looked at him with such a heightened colour, such bright eyes, and a smile of so abstruse a meaning that the Baron discarded his last doubt. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) I do not advocate the overloading of children with verbal statements of abstruse doctrines, whether of religion or of science. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education I fancy my English version will be found to give a reasonably accurate idea of the contents of one of the most abstruse symbolical works in the world. The Gnôsis of the Light The sentiment which would dictate it to me is too abstruse; and besides, I think my wife is the proper person to receive the dedication of my life’s work. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) His talk was not abstruse and intricate, like some of his writings. The Brownings Their Life and Art He was very fond of the studies which Aristotle led him to pursue, although they were of a very abstruse and difficult character. Alexander the Great Makers of History All really good music corresponds to such a standard; that is, if it is needlessly involved, abstruse, diffuse, or turgid, it is in so far not music of the highest artistic worth. Music: An Art and a Language When engaged in abstruse studies, it may be found advantageous to pursue others that are less difficult. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Perhaps the most thinkable of these to persons not specially trained in dealing with abstruse subjects is that of Professor Thompson. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science He was fond of discoursing on abstruse subjects, he dabbled a little into art, wrote some mystical poems, tied a cravat beyond criticism, and wore faultless gloves and boots. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart He succeeded, too, in the most difficult department of intellectual labour, since to express abstruse thought in language as beautiful as it is clear is the rarest of gifts. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) The array looked much more like arms for in expedition into dangerous territory than a normal part of apparatus for an experiment in rather abstruse mathematical physics. The Fifth-Dimension Tube A philosophy may, like Spinoza's, be apparelled in the most technical and abstruse panoply of logic, and yet the total impression may stimulate a religious sentiment as effectively as any poetic or theosophic mysticism. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) “But now,” interposed Haynerd, who was again waxing impatient, “just what is the practical application of all this abstruse reasoning?” Carmen Ariza He practised his almost lost art of designing to some purpose: he wrote two or three art essays that happened to find much more favor than his abstruse philosophies. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart "Oh, it is not very abstruse—the cat would be kicked by somebody, of course." The Benefactress Finding that they are not, the Atheist simply sets Theism aside as not proven, and goes on his way without further afflicting himself with such abstruse questions. Arrows of Freethought In witty repartees he was equal to Rochester; while for abstruse learning he was superior to many of the most learned theologians. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." For, though I may know that there are very abstruse mathematical principles, yet I may be utterly unable to demonstrate or use them. Carmen Ariza He found he had not much time for abstruse speculations, which was all the better for his mental health. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart He taught numbers instead of ciphers, living sounds instead of dead characters, deeds of faith and love instead of abstruse creeds, substances instead of shadows, realities instead of signs. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The works of Bentham and Austin are abstruse and philosophical, and Maine’s require hard study and a certain amount of special training. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses It was mathematical foolery, from one standpoint, but it led to some fascinating if abstruse conclusions. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Charlie's brilliant mathematical mind was of the greatest aid, except when he was too far lost in his abstruse speculations to descend to things commercial. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Within the limits to which we are restricted, it is impossible to give any account of the multiplex and abstruse details into which the system is carried. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 Two hours allotted to work out on the typewriter a critical evaluation of a chapter from one of McAllen's abstruse technical texts. Gone Fishing He worked out the most abstruse and difficult problems with the greatest ease and invented new systems of computation which attracted much attention. Elementary Theosophy The Dean was back at the deanery, and Lord George mistrusted his own power of writing such a letter as would be satisfactory on so abstruse a matter. Is He Popenjoy? "Believe me," answered his dragoman, "the subject is not more abstruse than is generally chosen." Another Sheaf The teacher declared many a time, with a certain pride, that she put him upon his mettle to make clear the abstruse problems with which he wrestled when in college. A Waif of the Mountains We will suppose, for the sake of argument, that the only available book for the instruction of a class of boys was that excellent but abstruse work known as 'Bradshaw's Railway Guide.' The Curse of Education He studied the quiet, gentle-voiced man, as one may study an abstruse problem. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana This doctrine is abstruse, and though the images of "garment," "scoriae," "mirror," &c., may stimulate the fancy, we must summon the aid of subtler and more vital expositors to make it plain. Nature I could read, although frequently puzzled by its being mixed up with Euclid and problems in abstruse mathematics. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 These doctrines were far too abstruse for the untutored and practical minds of the peasants, and in most cases they had shown animosity rather than sympathy toward the agitators. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources For what can I think that he will do about abstruse and obscure matters, who seeks to deprive us of all light? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero In the salons of Berlin, therefore, women have been heard taking a prominent part in conversations in which the most abstruse questions in religion, politics, and general science were discussed. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 It is one of the lower forms of genius, for it is never made conversant with the more delicate and abstruse of mental operations. Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 Instruction next He gave them, how the Cross had vanquished sin: Then first abstruse to some appeared his words. Legends of the Saxon Saints The talk of the "Professor" was somewhat more abstruse, though equally interesting to cultivated readers. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History I was just trying to decide whether success in life depends as much on grasping its abstruse questions, as the faculty of picking out its soft snaps! Sunlight Patch But devoted as he was to these abstruse studies, Smith might also be regarded as a typical example of the finest qualities of Oxford society. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The one speaks of "the highest and richest objects"—the other of "the more delicate and abstruse." Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 How does obscure compare with complicated? with complex? with abstruse? with profound? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The words seemed pictorial, and his mind grasped abstruse propositions or involved expressions with marvellous facility. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. But, if he meets Jane's expectations, you will see him one of these days with a masterful grasp on the abstruse questions of life, and striding on to undisputed success. Sunlight Patch They despised vulgar apparitions, but discussed such abstruse problems as phantasms of the living, thought transference, will power, hypnotism, and clairvoyance. The Madcap of the School Only as much was explained at a time as the children could understand, without fatiguing their attention, and the abstruse subject was made familiar by the mode of illustration that was adopted. Practical Education, Volume I A people such as this possesses minds of childlike simplicity, and to endeavour to get it to comprehend the abstruse doctrines and dogmas of Christianity is an almost hopeless task. The Empire of the East With apparent ease, he chained the attention of the most thoughtless to the most abstruse and uninviting topics. The History of Dartmouth College Considering the abstruse nature of its subject, it was received with great interest and enthusiasm. Pioneers of Science It’s meant to wear fluffy curls, and not to engage itself in abstruse problems. The Madcap of the School The sketches we have hazarded upon these subjects, may to some appear too slight, and to others too abstruse and tedious. Practical Education, Volume I The points in dispute between these philosophical schools of Buddhism are altogether so subtle and abstruse as to be extremely difficult of comprehension to any not thoroughly versed in such distinctions. Religion in Japan He was happiest in solitude where, undisturbed, he could solve the abstruse problems of ethics, or be a delighted critic of metaphysical theories, or seek to penetrate the mysteries of theology. The History of Dartmouth College No perceptible diminution of solar heat having taken place within historic experience, so far as can be ascertained, we are driven to seek some more abstruse explanation. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Pythagoras, during his stay in Egypt, was initiated in all the mysteries of the country; and instructed by the priests in whatever was most abstruse and important in their religion. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) The New Orleans Monthly Review contains many able articles on abstruse questions from her pen. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III |
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