| 单词 | pliant |
| 例句 | Try as he might the dog could do nothing to remove the pliant quills; he only succeeded in pushing them farther in. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Faerie fruit, which muddles the mind, which makes humans crave it enough to starve themselves for another taste, which makes us pliant and suggestible and ridiculous. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The creature’s fingers were the size of bananas, but nowhere near as pliant. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The punt cord had been drenched through with rain, pliant, slippery and fibrous. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He yearned suddenly to be back in bed with her, feeling her body warm and pliant to his. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I could resist St. John’s wrath: I grew pliant as a reed under his kindness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The clay felt good— fine, pliant, smooth—but not ready yet. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z And he had thought of them as a sea of simple brutes, clapping, swaying simple brutes, all of them accepting and pliant before the pastor in his designer suit. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Spacetime is usually explained by asking you to imagine something flat but pliant–a mattress, say, or a sheet of stretched rubber–on which is resting a heavy round object, such as an iron ball. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Here the roots and stems of creepers were in such tangles that the boys had to thread through them like pliant needles. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He was firm, sure, but also just distracted enough to give them the room they needed, and just pliant enough to let himself be taken advantage of when the need arose. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It was a basket woven from pliant cottonwood branches, so that as the weight of the body inside shifted the coffin seemed to groan. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They grumbled as they retrieved the child from its pliant parents. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z This time, he would finally hold Nnesinachi naked and pliant in his arms. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps the brain damage made her pliant, or the fact that she hadn’t lived in New Pretty Town for long. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Her breath catches, and she melts into me, her body suddenly, intoxicatingly pliant. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He bade each man choose out three thick-fleeced rams and bind them together with strong, pliant strips of bark; then to wait for day, when the flock would be sent out to pasture. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This time the enemy was more cunning: it followed only halfway up, then deliberately swayed the pliant young tree from side to side, determined to shake the cat off. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The corps of 12 Stars is already remarkably good: It exemplifies the sharply pliant torsos, incisive footwork, swift changes of direction and sharp contrasts of dynamics that Ashton style needs. Frederick Ashton’s ‘Cinderella,’ at American Ballet Theater 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Yet Mudd himself is clearly the star of the exhibition at the college’s King Street Gallery, which showcases the artist and teacher’s remarkable ability to conjure pliant forms in iron, bronze and aluminum. Review | In the galleries: Artists create a multi-work homage to a teacher and a comrade 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Luxuriously pliant but restrictive nonetheless, they functioned as armature, shielding Jackie from a rapacious public and, at the same time, defining her. Jackie Kennedy: The First Instagram First Lady 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z This is a part for every inch of her body, from her glossy mane of hair, which she swings like a lioness, to her long, tapering legs and pliant back. Dance Review: New York City Ballet in an All-Rodgers Program 2013-05-03T23:15:25Z There, Colette labored in secret to produce novels under her husband’s nom de plume, “Willy,” but chafed at his controlling nature and expectations that she should be a pliant society wife. In ‘Colette,’ Keira Knightley Trades Her Corsets for a Daring Suit 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z She was a touching Elsa who sang with warmth and pliant phrasing, but for a few strained high notes during some of the impassioned outbursts. Music Review: Hans Neuenfels Gathers Rats in ?Lohengrin? 2010-08-04T22:14:00Z But it was remarkably pliant and he worked the microphone like another instrument to create a theater of vocal effects that amplified the emotions in the lyrics. Greg Kot: Music behind myths of Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson 2011-05-03T18:47:25Z He worked for many years on pieces made from other things, some as pliant as foam rubber, paper and foil. A Crusher of Cars, a Molder of Metal 2011-05-08T22:06:10Z Jerome and Rodriguez said their mothers told them about this ugly chapter in city history, hoping their sons would learn to be respectful of police but also not be too pliant. ‘When They See Us’ actors revisit the Central Park Five case 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The specialist nodded and seemed satisfied as he inspected the ultrasound images of my insides – once rebellious, but now pliant and deferential. 'I felt I was being punished for pushing back': pregnancy and #MeToo 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Ethereal and dewy — with Debussy’s music just about pouring out of her limbs and pliant back — Afanasenkov is a curious mix of qualities: modern, but with a rare old-world grandeur. Standing (and Dancing) Strong at New York City Ballet 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z During “The Matrimony,” a pliant new song, he bellied up to the conga drums and tapped out a beat. At top of charts, Wale feels underrated — not that there’s anything wrong with that 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Yet there are long stretches of pliant, lyrical Italianate melodic lines, sung with melting beauty by the impressive soprano Tony Arnold, who also easily navigated every vocal leap with uncanny precision. Music Review: Elliott Carter Memorial at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-01-15T22:48:02Z Her voice favors a deep, pliant, conversational tone rather than showy diva gestures, though on “Bravado” she floated effortlessly into a higher register. Lorde reigns at Aragon 2014-03-19T05:37:00Z Instead of using his celebrated gifts as a parodist in these pages, Mr. Brown chooses a straightforward narrative voice that proves as pliant as it is entertaining. Books of The Times: ‘Hello Goodbye Hello,’ by Craig Brown 2012-08-05T20:56:23Z Reviewing it for The New York Times, Charles Isherwood wrote of Mr. Leguizamo, “His pliant, expressive face and rubbery limbs are in virtually nonstop motion for two acts and almost two and a half hours.” James Brown and Al Pacino, Salsa Added 2011-04-10T00:51:52Z Samir’s wife and his mistress are feminist disasters: Both women are gorgeous, brilliant and completely bamboozled into fulfilling Samir’s fantasies of domestic goddess and pliant courtesan. ‘The Age of Reinvention’ review: A novel of Islamophobia and deception 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z She brought fiery life to the character and a rich, pliant tone to the music. Review: An ‘Aida’ at the Met That May Not Be Zeffirelli’s, but It’s Big 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z His precise yet pliant conversation complemented the meditative vigor of his directorial aesthetic. Portrait of the artist as an ageless man: At 92, Peter Brook treads a different path through 'The Mahabharata' 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z One is a pliant little number who expires early, sealed in a skin of gold paint, and the other is a brawny pilot who remarkably resembles Gorgeous George. ‘Bond, James Bond,’ Through the Years 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z In the balcony scene that sense of surprise extended to Juliet’s sensual awakening, with Ms. Vishneva seeming a little shocked by the abandon that her gorgeous line and pliant back can so fully express. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2013-06-11T20:59:24Z Her range in the poses is incredible: she is soft, hard, vigorous and pliant, but even more astounding is how she wipes the slate clean from one to the next. Dance Review: ‘The Matter/2012,’ by David Gordon at Danspace Project 2012-10-27T02:10:07Z He went on to rhapsodize that “the pliant body of Miss Astaire . . . assumes a slanting partial paralysis which slays boredom where it sits.” ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z She smiles, her mouth as pliant as rubber. Patti LuPone on her ‘painful’ rise to Broadway stardom: ‘I was my biggest enemy!’ 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Her feet stroked and teased with soft, pliant precision. New York City Ballet suits up for courage and soars in ‘La Sylphide’ 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z The pliant tube of Ochoa’s stuffed-fabric sculpture suggests a worm, but the gray color and embedded lamp reveals that it’s actually a cartoonishly soft rendering of a streetlight. Review | In the galleries: Artist explores the dissonance between humanity and the world 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Carnegie, at least, was optimistic that such pliant but uninformed souls would always exist, and who can argue with tens of millions of copies and still going strong? ‘How to Win Friends & Influence People’: Why the granddaddy of self-help endures 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The nearly three-hour show was laden with familiar extravagances: grandiose guitar solos, the band’s aggressively priapic stage presence, Mr. Rose’s multiple costume changes and pliant snake dance. Music Review: Guns N? Roses, on Stage in Unchanging Fashion 2012-02-11T16:01:45Z The Third Symphony was hardly less enjoyable, marrying vertical strength and horizontal sweep with pliant lyricism and refinement of instrumental detail, especially with respect to the woodwind choir. Dohnanyi, Ax and the CSO produce Brahmsian splendor at Ravinia concerts 2011-07-17T05:00:00Z These people seemed a little too pliant, and Jimmy’s tone a bit too patronizing. ‘Better Call Saul’ Recap: Season 2, Episode 3: Lone Star State of Mind 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z For example, infusing nanocellulose with a compound called glycerol enhances its flexibility and makes it more pliant. New study shows we can create value from food waste by turning it into a highly desirable material 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Then serve it with something pliant to soak up the sauce. Lamb Shanks Show Off Their Inner Beauty 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Her singing was consistently admirable, with rich body, pliant phrasing and some big top notes. Review: ‘Don Carlo’ Gets a Gripping Revival at the Met Opera 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Ms. Opolais brought creamy sound, pliant phrasing and floating high notes to the music. Music Review: Kristine Opolais Makes Met Debut in Puccini’s ‘Rondine’ 2013-01-13T21:20:46Z And she is obsessed with Tom, the ex-husband who left her for a pliant blonde named Anna. ‘The Girl on the Train,’ by Paula Hawkins 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z With his smooth face and pliant musculature, Mr. Shen looks two decades younger than his age. Shen Wei Revives ‘Map,’ a Work from 2005 2014-04-11T21:47:13Z Under the new name, they stopped putting pork in the tamales de mole, along with the pliant pork skin that Ms. Gonzalez once cut into cubes and folded into the dough. Tamales, for Many Meals and Courses, at Alimentos Saludables 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z And, plush and pliant, it is the primary component of early Southeast Asian religious art. Art Review: In ‘Lost Kingdoms,’ National Treasures From Asian Countries 2014-04-10T23:05:18Z Jane Seymour, his third wife, as pliant as Anne Boleyn was petulant, at last produces the male heir that Anne, and Katherine of Aragon before her, did not. Crashing Henry VIII’s Court One Last Time With Hilary Mantel 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z At home and at work, he relies on a bowl scraper, a piece of flat white plastic, pliant and slightly rounded on one end like a front tooth. For Bien Cuit’s Zachary Golper, the Bowl Scraper Fits Like a Glove 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Americans aren’t the weak, pliant, feckless people portrayed in “The Mandibles.” The bankruptcy of liberal America: ‘The Mandibles,’ by Lionel Shriver 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z The dish is the epitome of simplicity: boneless, skinless chicken breasts, a few cans of plain tomato sauce, some milk, and a bounty of soft, pliant egg noodles. This 5-ingredient cream chicken with rich, tomato gravy is a winter weeknight must-have 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “You see, gentlemen, I’m going to be president of the United States,” Payton tells two aghast but pliant Harvard officials who are considering his early admission and salivating at his parents’ wealth. Review | Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Politician’ is cool and cynical — and difficult to fully endorse 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z In the images of struggle, liberation and joy that fill the solo’s three sections, every pliant reach of the arm and contraction of the spine remains electrifying. Ailey, Balanchine and a Lesson in Mourning 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Yet the nets’ soft and pliant forms, which you’re free to touch or sit upon, may put you in mind of fishermen or trapeze artists more than of guards and wardens. From China’s Artist-Activist, a Citywide Great Wall 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Alexander Lewis, a lyric tenor with a clear, light and pliant voice, makes an aptly impetuous Ferrando. Music Review: ‘Così Fan Tutte,’ at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-11-16T23:12:47Z They were often edged with small barriers such as low wattle fences made with pliant branches, or tiny living hedges of germander and trimmed boxwood. The key to growing healthy plants: Stay off the soil 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z It is not a structure that bends pliantly in the face of a challenge. Celeste Ng's new novel 'Little Fires Everywhere' sets suburbia aglow 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Woven into her pliant self-presentation were steel threads: the authority of her scientific training, as well as a legitimacy that seemed to well up from a deeper place. One Year of #MeToo: “He Said, She Said” Is a Literary Problem, Too 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z The lyrics are embedded in a song that — overall — highlights the fact that, no matter how successful, pliant to the white establishment or light skinned a black person is, they are still perceived of black. Jay-Z accused of using anti-Semitic lyrics in “4:44″ song 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Tuesday’s performance showed singing line, lavishly pliant torsos, crisp footwork, extreme elegance of arms and shoulders, unobtrusive wrists and fingers, lively hands and communicative eyes, sudden and assured changes of direction. Review: The Royal Ballet Returns to New York With ‘The Dream’ 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z As Fricka, the amazing mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe was again, well, amazing, filling the vocal lines with plush, soaring and completely unforced sound, yet singing with pliant lyricism in this goddess’s moments of aching doubt. Music Review: This Is the (Wagner) House That Levine Built 2011-03-31T22:19:06Z Curiously, the scallops were served at room temperature, but were pliant, not rubbery. Choice Tables: Seafood Fresh From Scotland?s Island Waters 2010-08-12T04:30:00Z Mr. Ball appeared more exuberant and at ease when dancing on his own, applying his rock-solid technique to space-devouring leaps that descended into clean, pliant landings. New York City Ballet Wraps Up ‘Nutcracker’ Season 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z They are as strong and pliant as the bamboo poles they sometimes wield. Review: ‘Rice,’ by Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan, Honors a Crop and a People 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z My favorite was probably the big, soft kashkavalka, a pliant loaf of bread covered in cheese. By Bulgaria’s Beautiful Black Sea 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Additional bowls supply broth, sour from bamboo shoots, and curry, perhaps best with strips of sukuti, beef air-dried in-house into a pliant jerky. Snacks of Nepal Are a High Point at Woodside Cafe in Queens 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Logan Learned — nimble, engaging, small, pliant, precise — was already superb in the work’s central role of the Blue Boy in 2008; now he’s a wonder. Dance Review: Ballet Across America at Kennedy Center 2013-06-09T21:01:30Z Mr. Appleby brought nervy physicality to the part, but could seem a little blank vocally, singing with smooth and pliant tone but few variations in tone color. Review: James Levine Opens Last Run as Metropolitan Opera Music Director 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z His tone, as recorded, was also attractive, his delivery pliant. Review: 3-D Enhances An Enigmatic New Opera 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The United States is contending with its own version of that problem in the form of a pliant media's coziness with right-wing politicians and billionaires. Even if Harry and Meghan "win" for Netflix, they lose 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z The pliant strings moved deftly from angelic grace to demonic furor. It’s Handel; It’s Not What You Think 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Today, alas, “Swan Lake” arms are universally diluted by softly pliant elbows. Critic?s Notebook: One Classic Ballet, Many Interpretations 2011-07-05T00:25:11Z Still, this is one of the most punishing parts in opera and Mr. Farina gave a creditable performance, at his best, singing with pliant phrasing and muscular intensity. Operas Filled With Forbidden Love in Madrid 2014-01-28T13:02:07Z Her exaggeratedly pliant limbs and grandly attenuated adagio are unmatched by any dancer on the planet. Mariinsky Ballet: Swan Lake ? review 2011-07-26T17:29:09Z With low wrists he achieves vivid articulation and pliant phrasing. Review | Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio’s combined musical voice impresses at Library of Congress 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z You smoke the carrots just long enough to make them pliant, but leave most of the raw crunch intact. Charcuterie With All of the Smoke but None of the Meat 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z There is much in “Symphonic” that Ashton would later use again and again in his choreography: Look out for the pliant sideways bends, the low skimming lifts, the curving arms. Ephrat Asherie, Frederick Ashton and a Solemn Memorial 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z At that rehearsal, the floor of the studio suddenly seemed to feel softer, warmer, more pliant. At Trisha Brown, a New Voice Creates a ‘Symphony of Layers’ 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Eventually the flesh loses its gloss, the sweet potatoes grow pliant and the cabbage leaves shrink into themselves, while still retaining a backbone of crunch. Korean Bounty, Born From Poverty, in Flushing, Queens 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The spine tilted pliantly from side to side. Nivedha Ramalingam Brings Bharatanatyam to Drive East 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Bragle and Mr. Bell were especially strong, pliant and communicative. Review: Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ With Heightened Drama 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Ms. Woodward, a smallish brunette who joined the company in 2012, was all sparkling energy and springing brio, with wonderfully pliant, strong feet. New York City Ballet Introduces Its Future With a Flurry of ‘Nutcracker’ Debuts 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z His pliant, expressive face and rubbery limbs are in virtually nonstop motion for two acts and almost two and a half hours. | 'Ghetto Klown': A Queens Guy Toughs It Out in Hollywood 2011-03-23T02:01:03Z The soloist's tonal beauty is jaw-dropping, with rich sound that tapers away to a pliant thread, and yet can be aggressively assertive. Review: CDs from Seattle Symphony, violinist James Ehnes 2010-12-16T05:01:05Z The canes are more pliant and the rose is covered in so many soft pink blossoms that the petals, when they fall, turn the ground a blushed white. Why every garden deserves a rambling rose 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Though not huge, her voice is pliant and lyrical, with ample range to depict the heroine's despair. Gluck opera shines despite tenor's voice loss 2012-11-23T18:31:06Z Davies deployed his pliant, beautiful voice with disarming simplicity, standing in front of the gently sounding instruments ringed around him. Review | Countertenor Iestyn Davies and Fretwork revive music old and new at Library of Congress 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z On Thursday he sang with pliant phrasing, nimble runs and easy high C’s. A Lively, Stylish Met Debut For Rossini?s Last Comic Opera 2011-03-25T14:01:52Z And worse, it evolves into something that makes people want to end it all to something that transforms us into pliant zombies. Why "Bird Box" is smashing Netflix records: We're so close to apocalypse ourselves 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z It's an effective little piece, and proved a perfect foil for the full-blooded account of Strauss's Ein Heldenleben, expressively pliant and majestically spacious, with which Elder and the Hallé ended. Proms 27 & 28: Hall?/Elder; BCMG/Volkov 2010-08-07T12:03:00Z Here they are filled for you, to order, the pliant balls of fried dough punctured with scissors and shot with preserves that taste of fruit, not sugar. Doughnuts in New York City from Carpe Donut NYC to Pies 'N' Thighs 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z The rest is sponge, with more loft and spring than I’ve found elsewhere in town, while still nicely pliant. Traditional Ethiopian Food in a Cosmopolitan Setting 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The crust remains pliant with a firm chew and good elasticity. Von’s goes for gusto with big food, cheap drinks 2013-05-24T00:13:35Z Without too much intrusion from lighting designs, the focus remained on the music, which Ms. Andjaparidze played vividly, with pliant pacing, milky shadings and imagination. Music Review: ?Spectral Scriabin? at Baryshnikov Arts Center - Review 2011-11-04T22:54:27Z In the Act III pizzicato solo, she leaned and tipped with the pliant exhilaration of freedom and fulfillment in love. Dance Review: Ashton’s ‘Sylvia’ Is Revived at American Ballet Theater 2013-06-25T21:14:40Z We diners can settle our tense, crooked frames into the pliant leather seats and backs of the tall stools arranged around the counter, enjoying space around and behind us. Restaurant Review: Momofuku Ko in the East Village 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z “It’s about having a pliant back, a soft neck. They have to sing when they’re on pointe, with their back, their spine, and their hands.” In Miami, Climbing Ballet’s Everest: ‘Swan Lake’ 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Idiomatic wind solos highlighted the caramel tone of Mr. Vlatkovic’s horn, the plangent refinement of Mr. Kolkay’s bassoon and the pliant sweetness of Mr. Taylor’s oboe. Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Spotlights Albéric Magnard 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Heather Headley’s megawatt smile warmed and lubricated her pliant tone in a duet version of “Blue Christmas.” Music Review: Star Tenor Starts a Tour, Minus the Muppets 2010-12-03T17:16:00Z The pliant texture of Ms. Fairchild’s feet — she wears remarkably soft shoes — became ever more kinesthetically affecting as the ballet proceeded. Dance Review: Youth, Balanchine and Fans Are Served 2011-05-06T23:29:12Z On one side lie eggs scrambled with lox over a drape of injera, the sour, springy Ethiopian flatbread as thin and pliant as a crepe and perforated like coral. At Tsion Cafe in Harlem, Food From Ethiopia via Israel 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z There are ideas in the air, along with the scent of corn from tortillas growing pliant on the comal. Hungry City: La Morada in the South Bronx 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Another night the opening gambit was fresh marinated Washington sardines joining sweet, sautéed onions and grated parmigiana on warm, pliant flatbread. Belle Clementine: surprise menu, dinner-party atmosphere, locally sourced food 2012-07-19T20:03:09Z Her luscious, pliant voice has allowed her — at 48, an age at which many lyric coloratura sopranos begin winding down — to take cannily calculated steps outside her comfort zone. Elizabeth Futral at Lincoln Center Festival and Glimmerglass 2012-07-18T21:49:41Z Nelsons retained a relaxed and pliant mood, encouraging rude, rustic interventions from the bassoon and shaping the cuckooing woodwind with a deliberation and nuance that were never mannered. CBSO/Nelsons: Beethoven cycle, The Flying Dutchman; Eugene Onegin – review 2013-03-24T00:07:02Z Thin panels of long-stewed beef, agreeably pliant, overlap pork belly cut like bacon and thrust under the broiler until the edges are somehow crisp and chewy at once. Rice Noodles Stretching From Guangxi to the East Village 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Seo, the company’s reigning ballerina, possesses many obvious and exquisite ballerina traits: long, lean limbs, beautifully pliant feet, a weightlessness that is warm rather than skeletal. Ballerina thrills as both Odette and Odile 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z His tone became dramatically warmer and more pliant in the scenes in which he woos Roxane. Review: An Operatic ‘Cyrano,’ Undeterred by a Giant Nose 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z His tone is a pliant one — most often gracefully sumptuous, but also agile and, crucially for the Met, penetrating at both a boom and a whisper. A Tenor’s Met Opera Debut, Long Delayed, Is Worth the Wait 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z "I'm not as pliant as before, and this is more introspective," he noted, "but because it's not that physical, I'm focusing on musicianship and nuance." For Garth Fagan, a life choreographed by his love of movement 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z The Chorale, prepared by director Joseph Crnko, sounded both secure and pliant in the rich melodic lines. Live, lyrical and loud: Seattle Symphony program delivers supercharged sound 2011-04-01T17:35:03Z That means ensuring Gaza’s inhabitants have political options apart from Hamas and the corrupt and pliant Palestinian Authority. Opinion: How Israel can break the futile cycle of its failed 'mowing the grass' strategy in Gaza 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Trump could certainly appoint a pliant attorney general and federal prosecutors who would investigate his political opponents. Column: Trump has a second-term agenda, and it's more terrifying than ever 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z But it’s all good here, especially when enveloped in the uncommonly light and pliant handmade corn tortillas that come warm with every platter. Road-tripping this summer? 6 stops for great eats from our food writers 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In its ruling, the court accused the EPA of being “derelict, pliant and submissive” in its alleged omissions. Flying drones and chasing data, Indigenous women in Guyana join fight against climate change 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z He and a pliant Florida Legislature have passed contentious laws that have excited the right and angered many Democrats, including Black and L.G.B.T.Q. people, students and abortion-rights supporters in Florida. In Shaky Start, Ron DeSantis Joins 2024 Race, Hoping to Topple Trump 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Correa did not leave office quietly, trying unsuccessfully to install a pliant successor. Opinion: What happened to Ecuador? How crime and power struggles brought a democracy to the brink 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z The pliant courts could once again be deployed to dissolve one or both of the reformist parties. Thailand election: The party they can't stop winning 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Gone are the days of a pliant press covering up his long history of affairs and indiscretions, as some even ask whether it is time for Spain’s third republic of the past 150 years. Spain’s Juan Carlos I offers cautionary tale for Charles III 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The company "engaged in a course of action made permissible only by the omissions of a derelict, pliant, and submissive Environmental Protection Agency," the judge wrote. Exxon, Guyana's environmental agency in breach of oil-spill insurance -court 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The change to the resign-to-run law is not the first time a pliant legislature has helped out a governor. Florida Lawmakers Clear a Potential Presidential Roadblock for DeSantis 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Karyn Kusama was behind the camera, making minute, courteous corrections to the angles and expressions of the actors’ pliant faces over the course of two scenes. ‘Yellowjackets’ Shows Us the Teenage Girlhood We Were Hungry For 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z After the dumplings are placed into bamboo baskets and steamed, the broth melts, forming a rich, fatty soup within a pliant, paper-thin wheat skin. Yang Bing-yi, Who Brought Soup Dumplings to the World, Dies at 96 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z With its compromised courts and pliant legal system, Cambodia has been plagued with exploitation, by foreigners and by its own citizens. They Were Surrogates. Now They Must Raise the Children. 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z He wanted a pliant Ukraine, politically and economically dependent on Russia, analysts say, not an independent-minded one drawing closer to the West. Ukraine Remembers a Milestone on the Long Path to Putin’s War 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Thousands of political opponents, independent journalists, intellectuals and artists have been cowed, driven into exile or, like Alexei Navalny, now languish in Russian jails, convicted on charges trumped up by pliant prosecutors and judges. Review | Putin’s centuries-long march into Ukraine 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z "This was a behaviour to gaslight her, and make her pliant and compliant." Ryan Giggs: Ex-Man Utd and Wales star has uglier sinister side - court 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The equally pliant upper house of parliament is set to quickly rubber-stamp the measure before Russian President Vladimir Putin signs it into law. Russian lawmakers approve bill on banning foreign media 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The score begins with bright but elusive plucked sounds of harp and strings, as though the musician’s hands were delightedly glancing pliant pudica foliage. Review: The L.A. Philharmonic protests. Who's listening? 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z The knowledge he had come to impart was that Ukraine and Russia, for all their tragically intertwined history, were two distinct nations with two distinct mentalities — one anarchic and free-spirited, the other pliant and long-suffering. How Ukraine’s Greatest Novelist Is Fighting for His Country 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Pérez oversees a vast network of pliant news media, dependent not only on his grace and favor for information and access but cowed, too, by the sheer scale and heft of his business interests. Mr. Real Madrid 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z He will have a pliant legislature made up almost entirely of pro-China figures, so he won’t have to worry about any opposition holding up government bills with delaying tactics. Opinion | Can China’s choice for leader of Hong Kong succeed where others failed? 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z It helps that the ruling party has the support of a largely pliant media. Russia's war ignites Orban's tightest election challenge in Hungary 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z It is rationalized for the public by specialists and experts, drawn from the military establishment, along with pliant academics and the media. The dangerous myth of American innocence: Only our enemies commit "war crimes" 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Others heard him for the first time in 2017 when he dropped “Vices,” a dreamy boast session with Lil Tracy where the Khan’s voice felt as wide, pliant and springy as a trampoline mat. The Khan is using his deepest voice to reach higher heights 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z It probably understands the risks that this involves and may prefer to install a pliant government. Should the West arm a Ukrainian resistance? 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Still, even the most successful scenario for his invasion of Ukraine — easy victory, no real insurgency, a pliant government installed — seems likely to undercut some of the interests he’s supposedly fighting to defend. Opinion | Vladimir Putin’s Clash of Civilizations 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Three days into their large-scale assault by air, land and sea, Russian forces are apparently trying to encircle Kyiv in a campaign to depose Zelensky’s democratically elected government and install a pliant regime. Ukrainian forces struggle to hold on to Kyiv amid Russian onslaught 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Western intelligence agencies have warned for weeks that Moscow may be plotting to install a pliant dictatorship in Kyiv. Putin’s Case for War, Annotated 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Add the cream cheese, kneading until it’s fully incorporated, then continue to knead until the dough is very smooth and pliant, 10 to 15 minutes. Overnight cranberry rolls with cream cheese frosting make for festive mornings 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Which raises the likelihood that he — or someone else with equal disregard for the norms and niceties of democracy — will then be installed in the White House with a pliant Republican Congress at his disposal. Is this Congress or middle school? 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z “But then the war on terror hit in 2001,” he said, and Washington again pressed for pliant autocrats and curbs on democratization, this time in societies where Islam is predominant. U.S. Allies Drive Much of World’s Democratic Decline, Data Shows 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The rice was not as long as basmati, nor as short as sticky rice, but a size in between, round through the middle with little adhesion and a firm but pliant texture. In Senegal, a Return to Homegrown Rice 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z After the war, it was the general demand for cheap workers and a pliant, divided labor force coming from Southern planters and Northern industrialists. Opinion | What ‘Structural Racism’ Really Means 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z “I will stay by your side, pliant as a reed, never going anywhere,” Chan replied. China’s lonely hearts reboot online romance with artificial intelligence 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Crisis Group’s Iran Project Director, Ali Vaez, said the establishment preferred “a pliant, tested, loyal president” who will not oppose constitutional changes he suspects are desired by the clerical rulers. Iran vote points to hardline goal of long-term power - analysts 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Not only does frying the toast add moisture, it also creates a textural wonderland of a soft, pliant interior and a crispy, crunchy exterior. For better toast, ditch the toaster 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Mostly, they upload dubious charges to Interpol, hoping that pliant or disinterested officials somewhere will comply. As Dictators Target Citizens Abroad, Few Safe Spaces Remain 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z As an aside, he also offered one of the all-time great understatements about his imprint on an often pliant G.O.P. Six Takeaways From Thursday’s Dueling Trump and Biden Town Halls 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Sun never discovered the most important reason why Li was so pliant to his every whim: Li, like Juraszek, was in the US on a work visa. The crypto millionaire that acquired BitTorrent—and waded into the trade war 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z But Garfield’s deteriorating condition eventually moved members of the Cabinet to say what the medical bulletins and pliant newspapers would not. The president had been shot. Then the White House lied about his condition as he slowly died. 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z A previously pliant media turned against Juan Carlos. Spain's monarchy shaken by ex-king's Swiss fortune 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z The delay since the 2019 election in creating a committee is far longer than seen previously and has raised questions about whether the government is seeking to create a more pliant body. Intelligence committee faces credibility challenge 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Trump forced out two national intelligence directors in an effort to find a more pliant one and he ousted an FBI director and an attorney general because they didn’t block probes of his advisers. Opinion | Trump shreds another Republican’s life’s work 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z But Redstone enlisted the support of pliant board members and executives to orchestrate the deal, according to a 117-page lawsuit filed in Delaware Chancery Court, which was made public this week. Shareholder lawsuit blasts Shari Redstone's 'persistent influence' in Viacom-CBS merger 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z But lower down the table, teams were much less sophisticated, much less adventurous, much more pliant. Which League Is Best? The One Your Team Is In 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z I’m not recommending a pliant surrender to injustice, but I see more value in plotting carefully for the next fight than in raging boundlessly over the last one. Opinion | Why Democrats Are Bound for Disaster 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z But the authorities say that with the help of pliant experts, Mr. Lhéritier grossly inflated the value of pieces before he sold shares in them. A Billion-Dollar Scandal Turns the ‘King of Manuscripts’ Into the ‘Madoff of France’ 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z In November, the supreme court – which appears increasingly pliant to the government’s needs – ruled that the mosque had been destroyed illegally, but that the land should nevertheless host a temple. How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z He is surrounded in the White House by pliant sycophants who do as he tells them. Opinion | Trump used the State of the Union speech to trumpet his own primacy 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z By the time Donald Trump was elected — offering him a more pliant partner — M.B.Z. was drawing criticism from human rights groups and diplomats for his military’s role in Yemen and Libya. Mohammed bin Zayed’s Dark Vision of the Middle East’s Future 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z They’re about seven inches tall and made of a very pliant vinyl. Perspective | Jim Henson was born gifted. At U-Md., he became even more talented. 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Both Carolines sing gorgeously, and both capture the physicality of their animated counterparts — Elsa stiff and self-contained, Anna lithe and pliant, adorably eager for connection. Review: 'Frozen' blows into the Pantages with gorgeous singing and a symphony of stagecraft 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The court, a pliant body, ruled in his favor. Bolivia’s Evo Morales Wants to Stay in the Game 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z The ground ball that bounces on the first-base bag hops pliantly into your fielder’s glove instead of caroming wildly. Opinion | Thank you, Nationals. Washington needed this. 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z That might seem surprising for an enterprise associated with pliant storybook princesses. The Women Who Helped Build Hollywood 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z He was unable to convince enough lawmakers to back his call for an early national election, which he hoped would give him a more pliant group of lawmakers. Boris Johnson lost Parliament but he could win a UK election 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Just the right amount of orange grease is evident on the pliant, elastic roti, which sports just the beginning of browning-bubbles from its own time on the grill. Seattle’s new Spice Waala makes world-class Indian street food 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z He used a pliant bamboo rod, and sent the fish as a gift from Bangor; he hoped it would “contribute to the city’s need of honor and respect.” The Last Presidential Salmon 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Critics might point to Legere’s pay package as an example of runaway executive compensation — and the way too-powerful CEOs are squeezing too much money from overly pliant company boards. T-Mobile’s brash CEO sprints to top of best-paid leaders at Pacific Northwest companies 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z After all, he has a pliant Attorney General and a subservient Republican Party that will back him to the hilt. Jared Kushner's chilling preview of Trump 2020: Investigations "way more harmful" than Russia 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z The navigator prepares to perform the scarring, the post-birth slice into the frontal lobe that leaves the children eternally pliant. A billion dots of light 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z With a vaguely alkali exterior and a chewy but pliant center, the bagel was puzzling but nevertheless a treat. For cramped New York, an expanding dining scene 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z A savvy carmaker opts for a place where it provides lots of jobs, where officials are likely to be pliant. Dirty lies: how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z And the mere act of defying Mr. Trump foreshadows potential new difficulty for the president as he seeks to push his agenda through a Democrat-controlled House and a less pliant Republican-controlled Senate. Congress Has a Breaking Point. This Week, Trump Might Have Found It. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The whip of unemployment, or the fear of being thrown into precarious work, is used to keep employees pliant and suppress wage demands. Jobs guarantees are more popular than Ivanka Trump thinks | Bhaskar Sunkara 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Business leaders boast often of “labour peace” – a euphemism for pliant unions, often chosen by the company itself, which receive a kind of “protection money” from management rather than negotiate on behalf of the workers. 'We won't be trampled on': striking Mexican workers vow to fight the fight 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z His cunning wheeze was to bring together the pliant nations of Europe and the Arab world in an American-led show of unity that would convince the terrified mullahs to forsake their “malign” activities. Trump’s Iran summit shows just how far he is from the rest of the west | Simon Tisdall 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The infusion helped to keep his muscles loose and pliant before the game, and then at halftime he placed heat packs under his legs to warm his hamstrings. Inside the Locker Room at Halftime of the Super Bowl 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z The plump specimens at XCJ — 2-plus inches in diameter — possess springy, nicely spongy dough with a lovely bottom sear encasing a soft, pliant meatball and a salty-savory broth with the barest touch of sweetness. The top 18 new Seattle-area cheap eats of 2018 — the food and the stories 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z We used an automated narrator which was free and pliant and easy to work with. Robots are making us less human, too: “Certain things essential to the democratic fabric erode” 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z The failed launch earned scathing criticism from the usually pliant Russian media. 'We will fly again': Nasa to keep using Russia's Soyuz despite failure 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Conn has spent the months since being returned to the U.S. detailing the extent of his scam, which involved other pliant judges beyond Daugherty. Other Eric Conn-type Social Security scams operating, whistleblowers say 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z The former head spy described the coordination between the U.S. intelligence agencies to track Russian involvement with American citizens “who become pliant in the hands of their Russian puppet masters.” John Brennan: Donald Trump revoked my security clearance ‘to scare into silence’ critics 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Instead of thoroughly responding to skeptics, the governor seems to expect pliant lawmakers to “implement my vision,” as Gov. Gray Davis described the Legislature’s job in 1999. California Editorial Rdp 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Some remained hidden until now because pliant priests have been reluctant to “shop” their bishops, even when they themselves have been abused as young altar boys and seminarians. Pope Francis has utterly failed to tackle the church’s abuse scandal | Catherine Pepinster 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z After the party’s re-election three years ago, a pliant parliament overwhelmingly backed the law. Poles apart: the bitter conflict over a nation’s communist history 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Within this framework even the flag itself is being distorted, both by a demagogic president and a pliant media from a symbol of ideals to an authoritarian allegiance to military and police. Memo to white America: the NFL fight is about police brutality, not the flag 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z He has placed pliant and corrupt loyalists in positions of authority. Perspective | Trump loves a strongman, so of course he fawns over Hungary’s Viktor Orban 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Refusing Mr Trump’s demand, or resigning on principle, could well have let the president install a more pliant overseer of Mr Mueller’s investigation. Trump demands that those investigating him be investigated 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Trump could also seek to neuter Mueller’s probe by firing his supervisor, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, and installing someone more pliant. Opinion | Only you and I can stop Trump 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Bolton is chairman of the Gatestone Institute, a think tank that regularly features articles on its website promoting the notion that pliant European countries, especially Britain, are submitting to “Islamization” by hostile Muslim migrants. Pompeo and Bolton Appointments Raise Alarm Over Ties to Anti-Islam Groups 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Until the George W. Bush administration supported Turkish Islamists under the belief that they would be more pliant to U.S. foreign policy. Sermons and Shouted Insults: How Erdogan Keeps Turkey Spellbound 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z So has the economic pressure from China led to a more pliant North Korea? Reading the moves in the Korea chess game 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Perry is seen as a more pliant figure for the veterans affairs position. Trump Eyes Replacing His Veterans Affairs Secretary With His Energy Chief 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Robots with pliant, dexterous—and fast—appendages are gaining popularity as companies in retail, food handling and agriculture move toward more automation. Robots Are Learning to Handle With Care 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z There were repeated "oohs," "ahhs," "ohs" and other vocalizings that reminded us just how remarkable an instrument the pliant Plant voice remains, even as he approaches turning 70 in August. Robert Plant and Sensational Space Shifters celebrate the now at Orpheum 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z A weak, divided opposition helps him, as does a pliant news media. As West Fears the Rise of Autocrats, Hungary Shows What’s Possible 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Over multiple objections, Abbas has appointed a Constitutional Court, pliant to his will. Opinion | It’s Time for Mahmoud Abbas to Go 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Nassar had girls stretched out and pliant on his examining table. Opinion | Larry Nassar Is a Familiar Monster 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Continuing his lifelong exploration of music from many lands, Plant revels in the nuance of that pliant voice and its interplay with a coterie of master musicians. Times music writers pick their top albums of 2017 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z I began to become very comfortable and in fact, I found the car remarkably pliant and surprisingly easy to drive. ScreenDrive: The McLaren 570S Spider puts the England back in New England 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Odebrecht then took over construction for costly infrastructure projects like bridges, highways and dams, sending exorbitant bills to pliant officials. Peru Leader Could Be Biggest to Fall in Latin America Graft Scandal 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Much will depend on whether Mr Hernández reappoints Mr Chinchilla, whose term ends in August, or opts for someone more pliant. Juan Orlando Hernández looks headed for re-election in Honduras 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Known for the otherworldly rock bellow he perfected while fronting Led Zeppelin in the late 1960s and 1970s, Plant nowadays often exercises the nuances and subtleties of his still pliant voice. Robert Plant's new 'Carry Fire' keeps his focus fully forward 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Pumpkin spice exploits our suggestibility and relies on our conformity, pegging us as pliant lemmings. Opinion | Will Pumpkin Spice Destroy Us All? 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Bent on dominating our markets as well as the world, the four corporations have lulled us into a sense of pliant dependency as they influence our thinking and activities. Are tech giants robbing us of our decision-making and our individuality? 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Pieces include a shadow-stripe tee with sheer alternating panels, a fitted long-sleeved lace top, and a metallic rose-gold jacket that looks as if it were made from particularly pliant aluminum foil. Looking for an Instagram moment? Miu Miu pops up its oversized handbags at South Coast Plaza 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z But Greenblatt’s sentence reads like a standardized test where you fill in the adjectives and adverbs — bookish, pliant, longingly. The story of Adam and Eve: From myth to fact and back to myth again 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Use warm, pliant roti bread to scoop up supple chunks of chicken or hearty goat curry brightened with Indian spices, both under $12. In Hamilton, N.J., Art, Nature and Trinidadian Delights 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z They are crepe-like pancakes made with a lentil and rice-flour batter that are lightly browned and delicately crisp, yet pliant enough to roll and fill. Spread the word about the great South Indian flavors at Kathakali in Kirkland 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Huntington blames pliant politicians and intellectual elites who uphold diversity as the new prime American value, largely because of their misguided guilt toward victims of alleged oppression. Review | Samuel Huntington, a prophet for the Trump era 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Kushner is also overseeing an ambitious effort to overhaul the federal government, and insisted on Monday that he had found the bureaucracy to be more pliant than others had. Jared Kushner Is About to Plunge Into Middle East Diplomacy 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Is there any evidence to suggest that Milton lusted for milkmaids, and if he did, that they were pliant? The story of Adam and Eve: From myth to fact and back to myth again 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Another photograph from that time shows Noriega pliantly holding up his identification card as his mug shot is taken. Manuel Noriega, a Thug of a Different Era 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z The corn tortillas help quesadillas achieve excellence, for once: thick but pliant, not too cheesy, served with limey, oniony, chunky guacamole. Some of Seattle’s best tacos (at Beacon Hill prices) 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z It has faltered, sometimes badly, undermining leaders whose views did not fit its strategic objectives and replacing them with pliant despots. Editorials from around New York 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z F.D.R. was grappling with the Great Depression, and he had a pliant Congress that would have passed almost anything he proposed. The White House Seems Excited to Shut Down the Government 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Critics of Zuma say he has long wanted to replace Gordhan with someone who might be more pliant in heading the treasury and have voiced concern that the change might exacerbate corruption. South Africa faces political turmoil after Zuma sacks finance minister 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z China strictly curtails freedom of speech and is frequently criticised by rights groups for arbitrary detentions, official brutality, widespread corruption, a lack of transparency, a pliant judiciary and little in the way of democracy. Taiwanese rights advocate Lee Ming-che held in China - BBC News 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Even a pliant institution, if it is seen as politicized, will struggle to enact Mr. Trump’s policies. What Happens When You Fight a ‘Deep State’ That Doesn’t Exist 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Beijing strictly curtails freedom of speech and is frequently criticised for arbitrary detentions, official brutality, widespread corruption, a lack of transparency, a pliant judiciary and little in the way of democracy. Chinese human rights report attacks US 'hypocrisy' - BBC News 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Sadat’s expulsion highlighted the lopsided balance of parliamentary power favoring the president and his security forces, which exert great influence through a deep bench of pliant and conspiracy-minded politicians. Egypt Parliament Removes Prominent Dissenter: Anwar Sadat’s Nephew 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z The man in charge on the ground in Vietnam also comes across as far too pliant: Gen. William “Westmoreland’s ‘strategy’ of attrition in South Vietnam was, in essence, the absence of a strategy. The Daily 202: Trump’s new national security adviser literally wrote the book on Vietnam 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Perhaps corporate bosses are currently pliant because they expect that this storm will pass. Pressure From Trump May Delay a Factory’s Exit, but It Won’t Stop It 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z On occasion, though, less pliant candidates slip through. El Salvador commemorates 25 years of peace 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Most Americans and Europeans think of it today as a collection of pristine beaches, sprawling resorts, palm trees, coconuts, rum drinks, pliant hotel staffs, gorgeous coral reefs, snorkels and tans. From island to island capturing the atmosphere and allure of the Caribbean 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z But on Jan. 20, he becomes what Grover Norquist wished for in a pliantly conservative president: “A Republican with enough working digits to handle a pen.” Erasing Barack Obama’s legacy 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z In the worst case, with a sufficiently pliant Congress, Mr. Trump could roll back a decade of progress on climate change. Weak Federal Powers Could Limit Trump’s Climate-Policy Rollback 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Russia’s cyber activity seeks to confuse, destabilize and ultimately bring to power foreign governments pliant to Russia’s aims. Putin Sees a Happy New Year 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Trump can nominate a pliant judge and the Senate will be unlikely to resist. Will Donald Trump destroy America? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Early records of Haitian zombies described them as pliant laborers, summoned from their graves by greedy necromancers to work in sugar-cane fields at night. Undead on the brain: What we talk about when we talk about zombies 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z During his tenure in the Legislature, representing the liberal Westside, Hayden relished being a thorn in the side of the powerful, including fellow Democrats he saw as too pliant to donors. Activist Tom Hayden dies at 76 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z The crowd was loosening up, getting more pliant; people moved their bodies more as they laughed. Ali Wong’s Radical Raunch 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Knead dough until smooth and pliant, 10 minutes. Bake It Forward: Delicious, No-Waste Recipes 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Over the weekend, Mr. Mugabe accused the West of continuing to plot to replace southern Africa’s liberation movements with “pliant puppet regimes.” A.N.C.’s Combative Response to Election Losses Startles South Africa 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Blonde is, at first glance, soft; it feels pliant and yielding in a way that Ocean’s past works haven’t. Frank Ocean's Blonde exists in a beautiful limbo 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Marines intervened repeatedly, and the Presidents were of the pliant variety. Ninety Years of Fidel Castro 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z The military needed a pliant broadcasting partner because it wanted to spread its vision of consumer capitalism and squelch the threat of communism. Greed, Passion, Lust, Betrayal, and the Olympics in Between 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Below this crispy layer, there is, as in a fresh crème brûlée, a deeper, more pliant level where temperatures are sufficiently high for common minerals like quartz and feldspar to flow plastically as solids. The Quiet Before the Quake 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z But there was no dismissing what Ali’s story, real or not, symbolized, as Costas went on to say, unless one wants to somehow defang his legacy by making him appear more pliant than defiant. In remembrance of Muhammad Ali, let’s not forget his true legacy 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z During the 1970s and ’80s, when “Great Helmsman” Mao Zedong was courting the support of pliant African nations in the name of “Third World Solidarity,” a number of African students studied at Chinese universities. Ignorance, Not Hate, Likely Behind Controversial Chinese Ad 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Like Medvedev, Davutoglu was said to be the pliant lieutenant of an authoritarian strongman, one whose cult of personality guaranteed both their political careers. How Turkey’s Erdogan tightened his grip on power by sidelining his prime minister 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Mr Davutoglu was expected to be a pliant prime minister but disagreed with some of Mr Erdogan's more controversial policies and crucially wavered in his support to change the constitution to boost the president's powers. Turkey PM Ahmet Davutoglu to quit amid reports of Erdogan rift - BBC News 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The tortillas are wonderful, pliant and fresh, sturdy enough to hold a couple generous scoops of meat and all the fixings without springing a leak. Head to Taqueria Periban in South El Monte for excellent carnitas 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Instead of following a story as it develops, the pliant viewer sinks so deeply into a single moment that it becomes epochal. Performance Art that Doesn’t Bore 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z The likely explanations of this are many and probably driven by social conditioning – we want our virtual assistants to seem pliant and nonthreatening, competent but not domineering. The tech industry wants to use women’s voices – they just won't listen to them 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s tax plan is doable, if Congress is sufficiently pliant. Trumpism, the Economic Wrecking Ball 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z It can’t mean that New York City and state are somehow more debauched or morally pliant than the rest of the country. Ted Cruz slams New Yorkers, but doesn't he want their votes? 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z He pointed to popular opinion that Correa would emulate the Russian leader by handing the presidency to a pliant successor who would pave the way for his return in 2021. Protests in Ecuador as lawmakers approve unlimited presidential terms 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z One danger for Mr Correa is that his stand-in will not be as pliant as he hopes. Wily Correa 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z While some of the party’s most hardcore conservatives consider Paul Ryan too pliant, the new speaker strikes us as a good choice. Editorials from around New England 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z The Conservative class of 2015, MPs elected in May for the first time, may be less pliant than their predecessors. Tax credits: A high-stakes battle - BBC News 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z So in a way, McCarthy’s comments didn’t simply reveal the truth about Republican objectives, they also highlighted the press’ pliant role. The GOP may not survive Kevin McCarthy: His speakership is a disaster before it even begins 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Bolivia’s pliant Constitutional Court, which the opposition accuses of being lackeys of the president, duly accepted this logic. The man who would be king 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Barack Obama has presided over a feeble recovery while relying on obedient Democrats and a pliant media to jam through his domestic and foreign policy agendas over broad popular objections. Britain’s Unsettling Omen 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z After years of being too pliant to opposition, there’s a competitiveness and a resolve that this team wishes to develop, to respect this hard-nosed game and to earn the respect of every opponent. Redskins bring the pain. Problem is, they’re feeling it, too. 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z "In its currently enfeebled and electorally shattered state, Labour is proving a pliant host for parasitic and totalitarian far-left groups," it says. Newspaper headlines: Special forces tests and Channel Tunnel breach - BBC News 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z When they last formed the government, the Lords was stuffed with pliant, because quietly Tory, aristocrats; no doubt, many will consider the Lib Dems’ threatened activism to be unfair. A democratic embarrassment 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z “As a society, we are kept in a state of arrested development by dominant forces in order to keep us more pliant,” he explained. In defence of geek culture 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z “They are expecting this professional press to see the light...they are expecting them to be quite pliant.” Gulf States Call for New Media Group to Defend Oil Industry 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The small room is cluttered with paintings and sculptures — some colorful, some stark, some fresh and pliant, some old and burned. Having Fled His Homeland, an Artist Now Faces Eviction From His Home 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z And of corruption, as the lackeys of robber barons deposited sacks of cash on the desks of pliant legislators. Robert Reich: America is heading full speed back to the 19th century 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Formal education for the most part smothers creativity and makes pliant, meek careerists out of most graduates. No College Degree? Maybe You Can Still Be President 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z And you might think Russia's economic worries would make Mr Putin more pliant. What will the big stories be in 2015? 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z But the planet’s easy oil — along with its shallow backyard wells and most pliant monarchs — was gone. The Wreck of the Kulluk 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z One of his contemporaries observed, “All his injected carcasses glow with striking lustre and bloom of youth; they appear like so many persons fast asleep; and their pliant limbs pronounce them ready to walk.” What to do, see, and read this weekend 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Yevtushenkov’s legal troubles served as an ominous warning to the country’s businessmen to remain loyal and pliant in what appears to be a new era of sanctions and economic hardship. Even Loyalty No Guarantee Against Putin 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z “But apparently over time he became less pliant and started to push for more resources and perhaps had other differences.” Hagel’s Departure Bears Little Likeness to Rumsfeld’s Removal 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Zubeidat’s response: She told her oldest son it was time to get a more pliant and pious girlfriend, someone like the woman he had been dating on the sly since 2007: Katherine Russell. Family Matters: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the Women in His Life Bolivian presidents are technically limited to two consecutive terms, but after pushing through a new charter in 2009, Mr Morales persuaded pliant courts to ignore his first term, which was under the old dispensation. Happily Evo after 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z For decades, Vernon's tiny, pliant population of insiders had helped the city's leadership maintain a tight grip and insular culture. Councilman whose election made history in tiny city of Vernon dies 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The mattress is covered in Kevlar and sealed around the edges, replacing a more pliant covering that tore more easily. Multinational Companies Court Lower-Income Consumers 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z The government and Egypt's pliant media have denounced HRW in the days since. Egypt's Rabaa massacre: one year on 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z If he’d just been a pliant enough, wouldn’t he still be alive?! The ghost of Mike Brown: why must a dead black child defend his right to life? 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Many believe Erdogan will appoint a pliant premier and retain true power for himself. Turkey's Erdogan begins search for new premier 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z He was – and is – what one might call a happy-go-lucky character, basically going where the wind takes him, but is affable and basically pliant enough to accept some form of guidance to him when offered. The Joy of Six: Roger Federer to Phil Tufnell - ponytailed sportsmen 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z They say the Kremlin uses pliant courts for political purposes and highlight the jailing of seven people in February over the rally. Russian court finds Putin foes guilty of inciting mass riots 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The pliant chamber is expected to quickly rubber-stamp the move Wednesday. Putin withdraws request to use force in Ukraine 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Even the most pliant among them wants some scraps of credibility mixed in their feed. This scandal will stick “The thrust of current history is too pliant for a single label, but its emerging themes draw from an ecological convulsion,” O’Malley said. O’Malley tells University of Maryland graduates to prepare for a changing world It is superlative dough: thin and pliant, tender and chewy, with excellent flavor. A Little Pizza Homework 2014-04-08T20:38:18Z White pines are easy to identify in the field, with needles that are thin and pliant, setting them apart from many other Northeastern pines. City Room: White Pine Trees Provide Canopy and Carpet 2014-02-06T22:11:43Z Many Afghan politicians believe Mr. Karzai would like to steer a weak and pliant successor into office during the April 5 presidential election, the country's first democratic transfer of power. Fears Cloud Afghan Vote 2014-01-02T04:58:34Z The constant amid these transformations was Mr. Price’s voice, a pliant baritone capable of conveying great depth of feeling much like that of Tony Bennett, a musical hero of his. Ray Price, Country Singer, Dies at 87 2013-12-17T01:20:16Z Volvo says the electrified material charges faster than conventional batteries, and is strong and pliant enough to be fully integrated within a vehicle’s structure. Tomorrow's Electric Cars Could Store Energy In Their Body Panels 2013-10-17T17:52:00Z Graphene's biggest short-term promise is in high-speed electronics and in flexible circuitry such as that in Dr. Ferrari's keyboard, because of expected demand for use in pliant electronic displays. Wonder Material Ignites Patent Frenzy 2013-08-24T02:49:33Z If Lech was known as the more pliant of the twins, Jaroslaw was seen as the strong-willed visionary. Amid Grief, Ex-Premier Resurfaces in Polish Race 2013-08-09T01:05:19Z But Americans like Mr. Doernberg and the powerful labor lobby say that what the tech industry really wants is to depress wages and bring in more pliant, less costly temporary workers from overseas. A Bill Allowing More Foreign Workers Stirs a Tech Debate 2013-06-28T01:58:16Z "The Leader wants a pliant president and a calm election." Iran's Ahmadinejad to challenge ally's ban from election 2013-05-22T09:37:47Z But Putin need not say anything - his pliant state media is doing the talking for him. Putin targets Russian audience in handling of spy saga 2013-05-15T18:56:34Z Both were also portrayed as pliant cooperators seeking to curry favor with the government in the hopes of receiving a lenient sentence. DealBook: 2 Former Hedge Fund Managers Found Guilty in Insider Trading Case 2012-12-17T23:11:43Z There's little doubt a pliant court will find her guilty of murdering Neil Heywood, the British businessman who helped get her son into Harrow, the exclusive boarding school, and then into Oxford University. Villain or scapegoat? Gu Kailai faces trial in China 2012-08-06T21:10:08Z But even the most pliant observer might be unable to surrender to Johnson's declaration that things "are infinitely better than when we last invited the world to London in 1948". London 2012: obesity pushers join Boris Johnson for sponsors' day 2012-07-12T17:20:32Z Yet Russia's court system is notoriously corrupt and pliant – less than 1% of cases brought before Russian courts result in a not guilty verdict. Russia adopts stringent internet controls amid censorship concerns 2012-07-11T18:33:03Z Yet Russia's court system is notoriously corrupt and pliant – less than 1% of cases brought before Russian courts result in a non-guilty verdict. Alexander Lebedev launches new project against Russian corruption 2012-07-11T18:35:16Z Restore my strength, and lusty vigour send, My trembling nerves like pliant oziers bend. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z "That Barrington race is not a very pliant one," said Stapylton, half dreamily; and then, in some haste, added, "at least, such is the character they give them here." Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Except that he married, a few months after, a pliant, adoring German princess, his accession did not much change his mode of life. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Minnie was not even in love with Hayes, and Kate did not care to oppose her brother in order to force a pliant fool to accept a fortunate chance. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z The gold knife is a thin, pliant, two-edged knife without a sharp edge, in fact it is better to blunt the fore-edge from time to time by rubbing it on a polished steel. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z The many forms of Pagan worship were pliant in their nature. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z It was as pliant and elastic as whalebone. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Make us pliant to Thy purposes, make us a help to someone who needs us today. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z She would show them that she had been the man's mate, not his pliant tool. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z For instance, the fur sleeping bags at the start had been dry, pliant, and cold-proof. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z His goal, he said, was not to speak like a native, but to learn the basics of as many languages as possible while his brain was still pliant. A Teenage Master of Languages Finds Online Fellowship 2012-03-09T18:53:15Z From this he cut off three or four yards of a pliant tendril, and with deft fingers made a slip-knot at one end. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Early years, in which the human being is naturally susceptible, build up by imitation, by pliant obedience, an image, a system, reproducing the immediate surroundings. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z "It is this," he answered smiling, and he touched his professor's cloak, or robe, which was now encircling his shoulders, and waved about him pliantly. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z As the only foot-gear consisted of moccasins made of soft, pliant moose-skin, the men soon suffered great pain from frequent stone-bruises, which delayed the march as the cripples could only limp along. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z It is a placid, almost somnolent village of villas, abounding with delightful lawns and gardens, with great elms shading its old-fashioned thoroughfares and drooping their pliant boughs above its comfortable homes. Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z Backs that had never been aught but pliant grew stiff. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z I didn't mention my pliant, as I am quite sure no one will notice to-morrow anything I do. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z But we do not go far before we find that, instead of being pliant to our will, they are rigid and inexorable, and we dash ourselves against them to our own destruction. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Tough, pliant lashings of walrus hide bound together with the utmost tightness the frame and the runners. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Thine is a Bacon, hapless in his choice; Unfit to stand the civil storm of state, And through the smooth barbarity of courts, With firm but pliant virtue, forward still To urge his course. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The halter is made of strands of buffalo-hair platted together; or is merely a thong of raw hide, made pliant by pounding and rubbing. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z His efforts have been constantly directed toward attaining the highest degree of excellence, both in design and execution, and he is constantly preparing novelties and adapting his pliant material to new and valuable uses. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z Soyinka said presidents in Africa who manipulated hand-picked constitutional courts and pliant judiciaries to extend their periods of rule often displayed the same arrogant, condescending paternalism as former colonial powers. "Sit-tight" rulers risk African Spring: Nobel Laureate Soyinka 2012-02-01T18:24:55Z His knife had left little or no trace upon the wood-work, which was soft and yielded pliantly; and this Gordon looked upon as an important detail. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z He evidently believed that the forked lightning, the out-bursting earth-shaking thunder, and the roaring, heaving volcano were but pliant tools or obsequious servants to the man of faith. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z With a long-boned body seemingly as pliant as warm taffy, Mr. Ford was a dancer of quiet intelligence, understated sweetness and intense focus. Niles Ford, Dancer and Choreographer, Dies at 52 2012-01-18T02:49:53Z While firm and strong enough to hold the Nation to her predestined course upon an even keel, he held her helm with a gentle, pliant grasp. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z Lying flat upon the pliant sapling he forced it down with his heaving chest, with every ounce of will and weight in his strong body. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z She went with lithe tread and pliant carriage down beyond the saw-mill to a spot where the sycamores hung low by the waters that swirled in a cascade over a litter of huge rocks. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z After all, private Saudi donations and funds from other pliant Gulf states are at the heart of the fundamentalist radicalization seen in countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan. As Iran Rattles Its Saber, Should the U.S. Still Ally Itself with Saudi Arabia? 2012-01-03T20:05:12Z Napoleon also began to take an interest in the clever, talented man, whose special gifts did not prevent him from being a pliant courtier and a cunning observer. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z In a restless career of almost half a century, Mr. Chamberlain worked with a broad range of materials, some as pliant as foam rubber and as ephemeral as brown paper bags. John Chamberlain, Artist of Auto Metal, Dies at 84 2011-12-22T02:18:11Z And now the rapture of the dance was his, and he was enabled to play upon her grace and her miraculously pliant sympathy. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z I see here some young branches of oak; I am going to cut them so as to repair the tholes of the boat; they are old, the green wood is stronger and more pliant. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z This was the pliant, sweet-natured little creature who would adapt herself kindly to any husband—who was not, of course, an absolutely outrageous brute. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z He had never been humble to her, but he had yielded, and she had grown more used than she realized to his pliant complaisance. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z When time and chance have enabled it to place a quantity of sticks at the bottom of the hole, it then goes to seek for materials of a more pliant and a softer nature.' British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z It was so utterly unmilitary, so far from usefulness or importance, all pliant and fragrant and adorably foolish. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z While Rutley’s graceful and pliant frame carried more elegance, an assumed superb superiority, a cold, ironical disdain and lofty ease, bespoke an imperious nature, indifferent to that soft, beguilement so charming to women. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z The rocks thus soften'd and made more pliant and yielding, several thousands of profligate wretches break in pieces with hammers and pickaxes. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z When the Conservatives came into power in 1874, his part for the next six years was to criticize Disraeli’s “spirited” foreign policy, and to defend his own more pliant methods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Then her face once more resumed the placid, grave expression which characterized it, and she resumed her work, plunging again and again her firm, rosy fists into the pliant dough. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Moreover, the man in her strengthens and intelligises her mental fibre, stiffens and renders more stable and effective her more pliant will and softer, more delicate aptitudes. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z She looked at Archie a moment, then felt his elbows and knees, finding them pliant again instead of being stiff and rigid, and listened to his quiet breathing. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z To these may perhaps be added an expectation that our distresses would render us more pliant, and less attached to the Mississippi. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z It is a nice operation to push up the glass crystal with a pliant stick, haul down the minute-hand, and finally to close the door. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Mayorga was the victim apparently of an ill disposed minister, who controlled the pliant mind of Charles. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Fish, particularly trout, often hook themselves when they seize the fly of a fisherman using a pliant rod that will yield and spring freely. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z I was pinned down by the thorny branches, bound around by pliant creepers, unable to stand upright or even raise my rifle. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z It was to lure Viviana to the cave where Father Oldcorne was concealed; and he knew enough of the pliant disposition of the latter to be certain he would assent to his scheme. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Being long and pliant besides, they catch the breeze on blade or stem, and so the foliage is never still on the quietest of summer days. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The reckless but capable soldier, whom he designed to mould into the pliant tool of his avarice and glory, had suddenly become his master. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Formed by nature to be docile, pliant and susceptible, she readily takes to the initial course of religious exercises. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z A pliant tool in the hand of papal intrigue, he gave a fatal blow to the tolerance and prosperity of his kingdom. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Acting on this hint I tried fine hair wire, but nothing proved as effective as the thin, pliant but strong stems of grass. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z He possessed superior intelligence, rare executive ability, great energy and activity, and his character was at the same time pliant and firm. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z The pliant Emperor, still their prisoner, assumed his royal robes, and, with the symbol of sovereignty in his hand, ascended the central turret of the palace. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z The desideratum being to have a material that shall be sufficiently pliant, and at the same time firm enough to withstand the elevated temperatures to which it may be exposed. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z It had exchanged the extreme of brittle durability for that of pliant toughness. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z To their mind, the only solution is a friendly, and pliant, government in Kabul. The Endgame in Afghanistan: How Do We End the Proxy Wars? 2011-09-24T06:03:21Z They were Indians, Sabæans, Arabs, Phœnicians; and their slaves toiled under their heavy bales of merchandise, which were slung on pliant sticks over their shoulders. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z His mind was as keen and his muscles as pliant as ever, but he was playing against overwhelming odds, and the mere thought of defeat was unbearable. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z The latter is held in its place by the clasping of the former, and is also covered by some material that is pliant, and which will exclude the air and moisture. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z To her alone had he yielded; from her alone had he suffered everything; to her alone had he been mild and pliant. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z A long sharp-pointed leaf; grows thin on the stalk; very tough and pliant. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z He is very pliant in the waist; indeed, the body above the hips seems to move independent of hips or legs. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z "By my faith," said Gondi, "I promise to make the King as pliant as the King of Navarre." The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The most trifling incident, unseen by more than a few and, therefore, more pliant in the imagination 1 Every one remembers the case of Luther and his visions of the Devil. Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z The brains were used because of certain properties they possessed, and because of their pliant nature. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z Her figure, which had before been quite too thin despite its pliant grace, was now rounded into soft and charming curves. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z He also claimed Tymoshenko ignored Ukrainian interests for the sake of special relations with Russian leaders, saying: "Russia had to have a pliant pro-Russian leader." Viktor Yushchenko testifies against Yulia Tymoshenko 2011-08-17T14:34:50Z And Ralegh liked him; a strong man is often led into liking a weak man, whom he is able to render pliant to his will. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z However, I’ve always been a pliant fool in a woman’s hands, and I haven’t the backbone to rise up and protest. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z The leaves were emerald green and at their foremost beauty; strong and pliant from spring's ample rain, and not yet touched by the autumnal sun…the drying kiln, the blistering gaze which ages all. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z She did not speak; she moved her fingers caressingly over his hand, thinking how pliant and feminine, how characteristic, it was. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z He waited outside and paid off the score fiercely, by the help of a very long and pliant cabbage stalk. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z The best “natural” sticks are those which when growing were themselves young trees, sprung up direct from seed or shoots—saplings, which are stronger and more pliant than those cut from a stole or pollard. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z "Me, let my poverty to ease resign When my bright hearth reflects its blazing cheer, In season let me plant the pliant vine, And, with light hand, my swelling apples rear." Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z Delighted with the grace and ease of her dancing, he drew the soft, pliant figure more closely to him; her breath fanned his cheek, and his gently stirred the hair upon her brow. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z But the lips breathed, a cool, pure breath issued from them, and the rigid form grew more pliant beneath the sorrowful caress, as though it felt the reconciling pain of the penitent human soul. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z The rider’s body should be kept erect, pliant, and easy in its movements. Graceful Riding A Pocket Manual for Equestrians 2011-07-12T02:00:27.770Z The willow, or withy as it is usually called, is remarkably pliant, and can be twisted into any shape. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Her form was too sinuous, pliant and nervous to take on flesh. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z I cannot take leave of Tintern without mentioning a circumstance for the benefit of those tourists who may have an obstinate beard, or a too pliant skin. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z He tried to rise and the attempt succeeded; his shattered limbs were strengthened and pliant. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z Club-law, shaken to its foundation by the unceasing exertions of the German Emperors, must give way before a pliant and cunningly calculating policy. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z So far pliant and shunning politics, their continued exclusion from any future discourse on Jordan's future bodes ill for the country's long term stability, they say. Jordan's old guard thwart reform drive 2011-06-30T10:42:39Z Besides this, all their notions of morality were as pliant and as easy to wear as their own well-fitting garments. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z They were wonderful hands, denoting artistic temperament, but with fingers too pliant, too delicately slender for ascetic life. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z Although the election results were mixed, the new Parliament is generally regarded as less pliant to the president’s wishes than the previous one. Afghan Court Invalidates a Quarter of Parliament 2011-06-23T12:58:00Z In recent times, when people are not so pliant towards the students, the Marchings-Forth have more and more disappeared. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z Love, perhaps hardened by the 20-plus years he has on Simpson, is somewhat less pliant. On Golf Courses, the Fairway as a Runway 2011-06-18T16:24:09Z But she is a dear, affectionate, pliant little thing, and will make just the wife a blas� world citizen like myself needs. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z On one occasion a sketch was under consideration, when the editor made certain suggestions to the artist, who was very good natured, and of a most pliant disposition. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Parliaments are currently elected under laws that ensure a pliant pro-government assembly composed of tribal loyalists. Jordan King promises to speed democratic reforms 2011-06-12T21:11:09Z The nourishment then given is as pliant to thought as the ocean to a raindrop, and prenatal education is most important. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z He had all the physical adaptabilities of a nurse—a large, tender touch, a low persuasive voice, pliant yet unhesitating limbs, and broad, well-cushioned surfaces. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z The too pliant pupil accepted and improved all the lessons of the teacher; and behold the result! In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z This he cut off, stripped from it the projecting twigs, and made of it a long, pliant whip. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z His wife was of a pliant temper, and her condition less influenced by this change than that of her husband. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z She seemed more pliantly feminine as she went with quiet steps through the streets on his arm than he had yet known her. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Craig's cowardice and crimes made him a pliant and commodious tool. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Another, that I should be able to talk over some business matters with Bodwinkle, at a moment when he might possibly be more pliant than I usually found him in the City. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z The swish as the pliant green wood struck the animals reminded him oddly of the sound of a stick beating rugs at home. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z Her mother's disposition was soft and pliant, but she could not accommodate herself to the necessity of her husband's affairs. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z As to the second cause, we are at a loss to conceive why Mr. Stanton should harbor such motiveless malignity against the reputation of his former colleague, then his pliant subordinate, and always his friend. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z But even this humble and pliant attitude of the once powerful Amalgamated Association was intolerable to the haughty steel kings. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z Under the magic of many skilful hands the pliant boughs are soon tied and twisted into a thousand devices. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z She was a woman of gentle nature, not the less pliant and sweet because her will was firm and her powers of endurance wonderful. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Sister, if you will dig down into the earth you will find there my slender, strong, pliant roots. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z Immigrants rights groups and human rights lawyers, however, charge that the program simply provides companies with cheap, pliant labor while blocking actual immigration. The Flight of Japan's Immigrant Workers 2011-04-21T21:00:00Z A form endowed with more than mortal grace, Mysterious led me, and with hurried pace, ’Mid ever varying scenes, as wild as new, O’er banks and meads where pliant osiers grew. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z I believe that he only said it because he fancied that whatever man held out such hopes to me would be likely to find me pliant to his wishes. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z "He is my best worker," said his excellency: "A wonderful worker, and a long head--extraordinarily capable; but not pliant enough--not pliant enough...." Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z The basket was light but strong, and so pliant that it could be rolled into a small bundle when empty, though it was large enough to hold many things when it was opened out. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z Opposition parties that did exist were at best seen as a joke and at worst pliant tools of the Mubarak administration. Egypt lifts curbs on politics in post-Mubarak era 2011-03-23T19:37:42Z Fortune, extreme alike in good and ill, Since thus to blast my fame has been thy will; Why didst thou not, ere spent my youthful race, Bend me yet pliant to this dire disgrace? History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Even the two white wretches, and the yellow runaway, I regarded only with contempt, as tools pliant for any purpose; but the arch-conspirator himself I now both hated and despised. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z So far, she had not merely been pliant, she had seemed grateful for kindness. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z When he came out he carried a pliant whip of rhinoceros-hide, and the deputation, losing its serenity, fled precipitately. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z Fr�ulein Margaret, you reproached me just now with my too pliant nature, with my tendency to give up weakly, without a struggle. Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:37.767Z She stepped across and pulled at a pliant bough. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z This is the 'Cavern of Lies,'" Ananda said, with a smile, "for here come all who wish to do up the governor—and he's pliant. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Nazarbayev may spend part of his next term in office -- which will revert to five years -- grooming a pliant successor, analysts said. Kazakh leader calls early vote, rejects referendum 2011-01-31T17:38:42Z Amid the pleasant sights of nature’s progress, Nathan and his friend sat near the door, taking off and stretching on pliant bows the skins of the last catch of muskrats. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z Linen should be substantial, but pliant when crushed in the hand. Guide to Hotel Housekeeping 2011-01-27T03:00:39.557Z “No hurry, old sport,” replied Kate; and, after a few polite remarks to Daniel, she and her pliant husband trotted away. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z Hill soon proved a pliant tool in our hands. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z She was fair, as he was fair, with gray-blue eyes, brown hair, and quivering lips, a figure slim and yet pliant, a manner, even in silence, appealing,—enticing. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z But she was so soft and pliant that she yielded without a murmur even in her innermost being. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z "Hath he wit?—can he speak?—are his legs strong?—arms pliant?" William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z The pliant, soft yielding manner of Verlaine quickly embraced their influences. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z It is a well-known fact, that very pliant persons are apt to become most obstinate and self-willed on some points. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Of course, as timber, the Hazel does not count, but its tough and pliant rods and staves are valuable for many small uses, such as the making of hoops for casks, walking-sticks, and—divining-rods! Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Despite an outcry here by critics, pro-Chávez lawmakers rapidly approved the measures in the closing weeks of the year, before a less pliant legislature convenes next month with a bigger opposition presence. New Laws in Venezuela Aim to Limit Dissent 2010-12-24T21:40:15Z The Court smile was gone for ever from that once pliant brow, and the scowl of hate seated in its stead. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z And he bent her to the old pliant attitude of yielding before the might of the ruler. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Its pliant and flexible branches are made into brooms; and in ancient Rome the fasces of the lictors, with which they cleared the way for the magistrates, were made up of birch rods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Originally it meant pliant, and had reference to the useful bast from which cordage and other flexible things were made. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z The rewards for acquiescing to Cuban sensitivities, it said, were “risible: pomp-full dinners and meetings, and for the most pliant, a photo-op with one of the Castro brothers.” Cable Shows Nations Going Easy on Cuba 2010-12-17T23:47:38Z She writes that local leaders in several large provinces said that Karzai and his allies are looking to create a more “pliant” legislature by recruiting specific candidates and backing their campaigns. Afghan Elections: Kidnapping, Fraud, Warlords and Donkeys 2010-09-17T17:49:00Z He loved the soft, pliant surrender of her caresses, the smiling indolence which she used to display, but not these half-mad eyes and this purple mouth, which seemed ready to bite. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z He spent months attempting a factual account of the case before it slowly dawned on him that the story was better suited to the pliant world of fiction. Judge Crater Case Is Solved in Peter Quinn?s Novel 2010-08-04T22:39:00Z They are both tough and pliant, but if struck at the base they readily break off. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z When Alberto Gonzales moved out of the White House to become Bush's pliant attorney general, Miers had been promoted to White House counsel, and then when the Supreme Court seat opened up, there she was. Why Elena Kagan won't be the next Harriet Miers 2010-05-11T00:22:00Z At the outset, Washington selects a client who seems pliant enough to do its bidding. America and the Dictators: From Diem to Karzai 2010-04-15T20:16:00Z Fresh parliamentary elections are slated for September, and Mr. Karzai's control over the ECC could benefit candidates allied with him, potentially producing a more pliant legislature. Karzai Slams the West Again 2010-04-04T20:40:00Z Faced with Britain's notoriously tetchy industrial relations and high costs, many companies chose to relocate their factories to countries offering more pliant workforces and cheaper real estate. Deep Funk: Why Britain is Feeling Bleak 2010-03-20T07:55:00Z It was their double act, with the US, that delivered this agreement - backed up by a pliant, if somewhat discomfited, Brazil and South Africa, and bounced it on to the rest of the world. 2010-02-02T16:36:00Z He has been accused, often bitterly, of pliantly following former President George W. Bush’s lead into an illegal and unpopular war, and of misleading his countrymen about his reasons for doing so. 2010-01-30T07:17:00Z It's hard not to suspect that figure is even lower once you put your foot to the pedal, which connects to power without hesitation and is supremely pliant to the driver's will. 2006-07-13T20:44:00Z What was the physical condition of the rock when it was thus bent and folded like a pliant mass? The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The greatest weakness of the organization, which was in other respects most pliant and adaptable, was the want of good staff-officers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" And was it that the pliant mind of Margaret, putting forth a host of tendrils—impulses, affections, sympathies—craved some object for support, something to cling to and weave themselves around, encircling what they garlanded? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 For, as he stood completely dumbfoundered before his brother, Jared had involuntarily taken up a ruler from the desk; but not to strike, he only handled and tapped it with his long pliant fingers. A Little World At last our clothes became wet and pliant, only to freeze again a few minutes after we had turned out of the bag in the morning. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 She gave him a pliant palm, holding a huge armful of vari-coloured blooms to her breast with her other hand—the flowers spread out over her, a wonderful breast-plate of gorgeous hues. The Man from Jericho Greaves were of pliant bronze fastened at the back above the ankle and below the knee. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" She mounted the stair with her arm thrown about Shirley’s pliant waist. The Valiants of Virginia Henry never thwarted his mother's will, he was ever pliant as a reed to do her bidding; and when he is king, Catherine of Medicis may again resume the reins of power. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 Discovering that a majority of the members were not pliant enough for tools nor submissive slaves, Governor Moore dissolved them and ordered a new election. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Even her rounded, pliant figure seemed to lose part of its grace, and to sag of its own weight. The Man from Jericho The new politicians carried on also important negotiations with the provincial Diets, and had no easy task to render them pliant or harmless. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. No sophisticated blushing this, though it was by such effective employment of her charms that her wonderful body and pliant mind had been drilled and fashioned from her babyhood. The Valiants of Virginia With her long lean finger she pointed to a stick of stout and pliant willow placed in a recess near the chimney. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 A shred of goldleaf on his open hand, pliant, but fugitive at a breath, and destructible in a moment of adversity. Sinister Street, vol. 2 But for the most part the pliant Sclave race of Silesia peaceably adopted the new customs, as it was very advantageous to put themselves under German law. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. He protested against a decree that might make a lazy guest of him, but he yielded, and sat down to hum a tune of contentment, pliant heart postponing trouble, procrastinator of annoyances. A Yankee from the West A Novel Then pour the whole into a pan full of tepid water, and while it is still soft and pliant, form into balls of the required size, working all the while under the water. A Treatise on Etching It was because those pliant fingers were always at his mind that he wanted to release them, wanted to run away from Betty since she always made him desire to tell her the truth. The Guarded Heights Moistening his dry lips as if to render them pliant, Eperson sent his prayer out into the sentient mystery which was so relentlessly wrapping him about. The Cottage of Delight A Novel He coughed several times and passed his long, pliant fingers through his beard. The Children of the World The general's height invested hers with a peculiar charm; his stiff, martial bearing and figure heightened the effect of her pliant grace. Magnhild Dust He himself had changed during the few days of his knowledge of the secret from a pliant boy into a silent accusation. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Say, Father Thames,—for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green, The paths of pleasure trace,— Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Her little hands, once rough and soiled, had grown white, soft, and pliant. The Cottage of Delight A Novel "Lift!" she said, and beneath her hands she felt the long, pliant muscles spring and tauten and harden. The Land of Strong Men How sedulously have I waited upon her footsteps from infancy onward, to shield her from the influences that might mislead her pliant mind! Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency "I will be here," she murmured pliantly, realizing her own helplessness. The Social Gangster "Speak!" furiously moaned out the queen, and, clutching with her pliant fingers the black curls of Eliab, she pressed his head against her body, scratching his face with the silver embroidery of her diaphanous chiton. Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity Then there fell upon his ears the soft voices of children, and, carefully parting the pliant branches of some willows, he saw in a little grassy glade Tilly's daughter and son. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Are our arms already so weary that the pliant tongue must take their place? The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise Apparently the most pliant of men, he had in reality great persistence of character, and if foiled in one set of plans readily turned round and reached his goal by a totally different path. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" His arm left the pliant waist, and his eyes resumed their old look. Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind He then tore down a number of parasitical creepers, which were almost as tough and pliant as so many cords, and began binding the logs together by their means. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Old Mr. Dormer with his pliant standards was dead. The Great Miss Driver A pliant disposition is apt to neglect the dictates of reflection.—I proceed with my narrative regarding the Ricci and myself. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Bravo, however, did as well as another to be the tool of Narvaez, and moreover he was found pliant, which doubtless prevented his being kicked out of office as soon as he got into it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 I dream of a less gentle, less pliant being, allotted to me by heaven, a Neapolitan woman with hooked nose, black eyes, and sharp claws at the end of her forepaws. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle They had no will, these clouds, but were wafted into the shadow or the silvery brightness, living as they had the right to live, pliant to the spirit of the strong wind. The Shadow After months of freedom in pliant moccasins, my feet found this hard confinement barely endurable even when I was mounted. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Gills thin, pliant, sometimes powdered with the spores; stem fibrous outside. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae It caused them to fence about their dwellings on north and east with a belt of sturdy timber trees, to meet and ward off in their pliant strength the roughest winter gales. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Gracefully she preceded the young man along the convent-wall, and his artistic eye watched this delicate pliant figure, her steady gait, her every movement full of natural ease. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle But for Long to have been so stamped as I found him, how the pliant wax must have been prepared and the seal of passion applied! The Sacred Fount It has that fine, pale, golden colour which no other straw has; it is much more simple, more pliant than any other straw; and, in short, this is the material. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend The clear, yet golden whiteness of the form That shines through pale green diaphane, Showing its pliant beauty, is the dress Of that rapt soul that is all tenderness. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar The pliant cords made no great sound as they encountered the quivering body of the captive; only a sharp crackling snap, but each cord left a red streak across Yasala's dark flesh. Red Nails |
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