How To Use Arcane In A Sentence

Perhaps I've been corrupted by Photoshop, but regardless, the GIMP just feels unusably arcane and clunky. December 29th, 2007
He was the only person who understood all the arcane details of the agreement.
In fact, our lunar friend provides an instructive example of how a vulgar and dogmatic notion of ‘science’ can be quite compatible with the most arcane fantasies.
Coffee, cotton, peanuts, mangoes, citrus fruits, and sugarcane are other important crops.
Fate was - in the past - supposed to be the supreme delver into the arcane and the mysterious energies of the universe.

When you hear the term hacking, or hackathon, the first image that probably comes to mind is a handful of programmers staying up all night long, fueled by Mountain Dew and Twinkies, hacking away on laptops at arcane code. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The quality of legal argument and analysis in American courts, in particular state supreme courts, is often quite poor on issues of private law that the readers of this blog are likely to think arcane or technical. Balkinization
We had no idea that this arcane "mother of all crimes" - ignored since World War II - would ever again seize public attention as it has recently, because of the conduct of John Fonda
They rotate their crops, thereby helping the soil to recover from centuries of monoculture under sugarcane.
In many parts of the globe disputes over history are often not arcane or academic disagreements.
A Stygian this time, his face tattooed in arcane designs that had been old when Acheron was new to the world. Archive 2009-12-01
As it approached the crossroad, a truck loaded with sugarcane pulled out, blocking the road.
‘We all had it,’ she says, sitting on a rug in front of her mud hut while her granddaughter mauls a stalk of sugarcane.
But according to the insta-polls, the electorate, as opposed to what I once called the expectorate, seems to have concluded fairly clearly that Biden "won," possibly because what the electorate was expecting was a debate between two candidates for Vice-President, not the raw materials for some arcane calculation of who exceeded whose expectations. The Richmond Democrat
Dan Brown "shows us" the nation's capital, causes millions to "re-think" Christianity, and "offers a mini-course in arcane historical detail. Fiction
Rather it is hoped that the haecceity of this enchiridion of arcane and recondite sesquipedalian items will appeal to the oniomania of an eximious Gemeinschaft whose legerity and sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages. Languagehat.com
Like its predecessor, "The Lost Symbol" offers a mini-course in arcane historical detail (did you know that the Capitol once had an eternal flame burning beneath the floor under its rotunda?). Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
In Brazil, ethanol from fermentation of sugarcane is used pure or blended with gasoline to yield gasohol, which contains 24 percent ethanol.
To be attributed the concept arcane, on this view, it suffices that S uses the expression ˜arcane™ by and large correctly, ˜in keeping with its content™ “ if she is committed to her community practice of using the corresponding expression The Normativity of Meaning and Content
Now, though I am never a hoarder of my pay, because it doth ill to bear a charge about one in these perilous times, yet I always have (and I would advise you to follow my example) some odd gold chain, or bracelet, or carcanet, that serves for the ornament of my person, and can at need spare Quentin Durward
They seemed to be made of solid stone, but were inlaid with precious red and purple stones that formed arcane and twisted designs.
Natalie had done a little of everything, from arcane self-defense disciplines and sweat lodges to feng shui and jazz dancing. AMERICAN GODS
He was the only person who understood all the arcane details of the agreement.
Wizards, sorcerers, and other arcane spellcasters of the world, we need to step it up a notch.
Somehow the New Yorker's arcane use of a diaeresis (coöperation) or acute accent (élite) seems quaint - and doesn't interrupt a reader's flow like an additional, superfluous word; even e-mail doesn't itch. Bruce Gilardi: The Gray Lady Doesn't Get the 'Message' (and is Promoting Porn?)
We have spent all of 1992 studying (? asospirilum), because up to now, we have not found a kind of azotobacter that can help in fertilizing sugarcane. Fidel Castro Gives Speech at Spare Parts Forum
Written on the boxes is all manner of strange titles, fantastic claims and arcane technical terms.
Be warned: a day in this museum can leave you wondering whether even a week would be enough to appreciate the trove of sublime art and its arcane technologies of the after-life.
He was describing a pheonomenon known as eroticized hanging or autoerotic asphyxia, one of the more arcane sexual kinks, custom-designed for those who consider flirtation with death an enhancement to orgasm. Over the Edge
His high-crowned grey hat lay on the floor, covered with dust, but encircled by a carcanet of large balas rubies; and he wore a blue velvet nightcap, in the front of which was placed the plume of a heron, which had been struck down by a favourite hawk in some critical moment of the flight, in remembrance of which the king wore this highly honoured feather. The Fortunes of Nigel
They call upon arcane strikes, power words, and spells to unleash raging torrents of cold, fire, or lighting, confuse and enthrall the weak-minded , or even turn invisible or walk through walls.
Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and symbols his theory of relativity.
The other Kew staff at said training session were the only good thing about it, and I've often wished I'd had a chance to follow through on more of these brief aquaintances - but this venerable place practices some rather arcane operational blocks to fraternisation between departments. Archive 2009-05-01
The riotous crowd around him swept him along through arcane underground tunnels to a vaulted hall.
Eldritch giants are powerful scions of arcane lore.
All while she was unable to violate the yoke of the unprecedented use of the arcane "States Secrets Privilege", invoked by the DoJ in such a draconian fashion that she is still "gagged" from disclosing even innocuous personal details such as her date of birth. Brad Friedman: EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Ellsberg Says Sibel Edmonds Case 'Far More Explosive Than Pentagon Papers'
It being the longest day of the year, I suppose I should have been celebrating some arcane shamanic ritual, but I just put my foot up and finished the remains of a bottle of schnapps.
Romney is known as a devotee of arcane details, and that facility with information may prove useful in governing, but now might be the time to sell a more focused campaign theme. Fred Bauer: An Affirmative, Pro-Growth Message Could Restore Romney's Momentum
We lived from subsistence farming, growing sweet potatoes, corn, some sugarcane, and ginger.
Regarding these two threads: Doesn't it feel like we've been transported to the surface of some strange planet where, due to a local quirk in neuroanatomy, the inhabitants find the subjective/objective distinction to be as arcane as string theory is on Earth? Carry-Over Thread
Judges, sheriffs and advocates are to be asked to remove their wigs and gowns and stop using arcane language under plans to make Scottish courts less intimidating.
Just a tip .. the resume tip may work nicely in a magical computerland, where every little worker bee from the boss to the secretary has extensive skills in the arcane and complicated art of clicking a link in an email. From The Tips Box: Mouse Dirt, Credit Spending, Resumé Sending | Lifehacker Australia
We popped over to Oracle's Web site today to take a gander at the Software Investment Guide, designed by the database giant to clarify its arcane pricing.
But under the arcane House rules that applied, the outcome actually was much closer.
Which must count for something if you live a life cloistered from actual feeling and when regular people aren't nearly as interesting as arcane books intended to be endlessly deconstructed by gray pates.
Theirs was a dilemma epitomized in arcane profundities: Can it be wrong to do the right thing or, conversely, right to do the wrong thing? Isn't this like the kind of book report you write when you haven't read the book?
Every person and item of ritual furniture the altar with its book, candlesticks and crucifix laid out, the papal throne to the left with its honorific baldacchino is numbered and then labeled in the key below, so that viewers of the print can learn every arcane detail of this aspect of the papal mass. Archive 2009-03-01
There are even agricultural islands solely for growing crops - yam, cassava, mango, cashews, coconut, sugarcane, sweet potato… just a tremendous variety.
A hearthstone was a palm-sized crystal, oval in shape, that was bound by arcane magic to not only its bearer, but a particular place. WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE
Some Creole is spoken near the Haitian border and in the sugarcane villages, where many Haitian workers live.
Doesn't it feel like we've been transported to the surface of some strange planet where, due to a local quirk in neuroanatomy, the inhabitants find the subjective/objective distinction to be as arcane as string theory is on Earth? Carry-Over Thread
Each one wore an iron carcanet, and the crowd was never weary of coming to gaze at them. Salammbo
For adherents of some disciplines, using the resources allotted to them by academia to produce arcane, unread tomes may be fine, but this isn't doing feminism any good.
Longhi's metaphors are sometimes arcane, but they can also be familiar.
Each dancer selected a personal dance photo and then, in a class worthy of pre-med students, dissected the arcane anatomical events of the chosen pose.
What keeps you reading, despite arcane diversions into the footnotes of manga and anime, is the sense of adventure.
This forced the designers to behave like Soviet central planners, micromanaging every aspect of the marketplace with arcane algorithms of supply and demand.
He uses his exploration of these long-forgotten characters and their arcane quarrels to advance three propositions.
The compact libretto used less of the flowery, arcane language that once had seemed a requisite of high style.
They also produce sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, and mangoes for the food industry.
In the reportorial images, evocative views from the ongoing series ‘Chasing Shadows’, Mofokeng reveres the arcane spirit of syncretic Easter Sunday rituals performed at the cave of Motouleng, a Free State mountain regarded as holy.
His main goal in life seemed to be the procuring of prostitutes in as many nations as possible, and he was keen to share his accumulated wisdom on this arcane topic.
The human cost of bio-fuels in terms of the use of arable land for the production of the sugarcane, oats, sunflower seeds and so on for producing those fuels would be unsupportable.
He's an influence on Coleman's own arcane ways of developing material like dipping into the so-called undertone series, which is basically the natural overtone series turned upside down. Steve Coleman: 'Harvesting' Funky, Brainy Jazz
She bestowed upon Gertrude a beautiful carcanet of pearls.
He was the only person who understood all the arcane details of the agreement.
She has an immense double chain and a rich carcanet and bracelets.
In addressing this, many sugarcane cogeneration-related associations such as Associação Paulista de Cogeração de Energia (COGEN-SP - Paulista Association of Cogeneration) and ANEEL are working on building generation distributive center units that will collectively transmit electricity cogenerated in the mills and input it into the grid. Newswire Today - Free Newswire - Press Releases Distribution
Compared to Watkins, Atlantis is a bit grubby and poorly lit and the place is stacked with arcane junk.
Before contact with the West, staple foods included yam, taro, banana, coconut, sugarcane, tropical nuts, greens, pigs, fowl, and seafood.
the arcane science of dowsing
Yucca, plantain, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and sugarcane are grown, as well as medicinal herbs.
It's usually worth protecting those high-cost cavalry units with a banner of Arcane Warding or Protection.
Each of us is a specialist in one of arcane arts.
Next to the date, a man had written his name in an arcane, formal script: Captain Cristóbal Leon. ONLY YOU
Young coconuts and clay jugs were positioned above the stage, which was decorated with sugarcane leaves, paddy, garlic and chilies.
The split between Menshevik and Bolshevik, the dispute over collectivization and industrialization, the polemics concerning Karl Kautsky and Georgi Plekhanov and Otto Bauer — all of these have come to appear as arcane as the strife over the Nicene and Athanasian Creeds. The Old Man
He will be taken seriously and the most arcane tactical theories will be discussed with the utmost seriousness. Times, Sunday Times
The chassis-tuning details are pretty arcane, but they include firmer springs in front and much firmer springs in back; as well as stiffer control arm and subframe bushings; thicker antiroll bars front and rear; lighter wheels and tires (less unsprung mass) and a general, sympathetic harmonizing between suspension, wheel-and-tire package and powertrain. Fanboys in Flight: Subaru Roars In on a Wing
But towards the end, the film caves in to its inner musical anorak, and we are lost in seemingly interminable squabbles about arcane musical details. Times, Sunday Times
Inside the courthouse, "landmen" - specialists in the often arcane art of tracking down mineral rights - sift through fading paper records to see who has the claim to what lies beneath the surrounding prairies.
In the box was half a dozen books on German philosophy (in German), twenty books on artificial intelligence and "whither" computers, and another fifty books or so with such arcane titles as Scottish Crofters: A Historical Ethnography of a Celtic Village. Daniel Krotz: Third Wave Feminism
I watched the head waiter stand over the only other inhabited table for 20 minutes, explaining some arcane byway of his art with an expansive warmth, while the couple stared up at him with rictus grins and hollow, screaming eyes.
It may seem an arcane issue to go to war over, but the unions are worried that they are losing an increasing number of workers to the private sector.
As they say, with a strong effort [entre ceja y ceja] they have every intention of producing 300,000 tons of product; this is in the future and depending on the availability of sugarcane to [8-second break in transmission]. CASTRO DELIVERS SPEECH
A close ruff and wristlets, a ruby and gold carcanet, and a jewelled girdle complete this rich and dignified dress.
But I venture that not even cricket has a vocabulary as wide and arcane as that of sailing.
The main exports are copper, zinc, gold and oil products, coffee, cotton, sugarcane & rice, anchovetas, pilchards and fishmeal.
I watched the head waiter stand over the only other inhabited table for 20 minutes, explaining some arcane byway of his art with an expansive warmth, while the couple stared up at him with rictus grins and hollow, screaming eyes.
Rather it is hoped that the haecceity of this enchiridion of arcane and recondite sesquipedalian items will appeal to the oniomania of an eximious Gemeinschaft whose legerity and sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages. Languagehat.com
But in the arcane world of Commonwealth Games eligibility, nothing is simple.
People carry home with them the harvest of the season, such as sugarcane, groundnuts, coconuts, sesame and jaggery.
Also, we have a special gramineous plant -- sugarcane -- perhaps the plant most capable of assimilating solar energy and being used for energy. Fidel Castro Addresses ICA on Livestock
Use a variety of renewable feedstocks to replace oil and natural gas: Recent advances in biotechnology and chemistry mean we can create more chemicals from renewable resources like sugarcane, corn, cellulosic biomass and renewably-sourced syngas. A Balanced Diet For The Chemical Industry
Later, after transitioning to the line, he became an expert in the arcane problems of naval gunnery.
No point in belaboring the obvious: Writer's cross-reference tool continues to be arcane and usable only when some custom fields or macros are added to automate the process.
They evoke romantic images of humming orchard hives and summer sweetness, presided over by veiled eccentrics steeped in arcane lore.
Those interested in the more arcane hagiographical matters will enjoy the appendices to this readable volume.
At present, arcane building laws impose fierce restrictions on floor space and the number of storeys that a building can have. Times, Sunday Times
The exsistence of the ultramicroscopes, and their primacy in their day, is arcane, but not controversial.
They are also stylistically challenging, often plotless, lacking traditional punctuation and arcane in their vocabulary. Times, Sunday Times
To attract new investors and to dodge new regulations, the market became ever more arcane and complex.
He wanders through a mysterious world of arcane theology.
I think this way of explaining and understanding our faith, an easy assumption just from the word Unitarian, is widespread among folks who don't consider it all that important to read our history or delve into what seem like arcane theological treatises. Philocrites: Isaac Newton's anti-Trinitarianism in the news.
Nicodemus is dressed in layered robes of dark reds which cross his chest, around his neck is a silver silken scarf lined with arcane writings. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » CarsonArtist’s Review Forum
Utility accounting is notoriously arcane and based on aggregate, not marginal, costs.
The explanations were so arcane I would have made more headway with a textbook on particle physics.
Conan had a flash of foreboding that, with the help of his arcane arts, this frail-looking man could snap even the Cimmerian's bullneck like a rotten stick. Conan the Wanderer
There flying Elwing came to him, and flame was in the darkness lit; more bright than light of diamond the fire upon her carcanet. The Fellowship of the Ring
Like most arcane practitioners, the runagate Brothers were incapable of performing more than one magical action at a time. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
Dan Brown "shows us" the nation's capital, causes millions to "re-think" Christianity, and "offers a mini-course in arcane historical detail. Pop Culture
She is able to explain the more arcane bits of theology in a very clear and understandable way.
But they also derived some very arcane and bizarre mnemonic devices with emblems or symbols that were meant to represent aspects of the Catholic faith.
Grimoire. literally. means'book of magic '. as in a medieval manuscript describing arcane rituals.
At present, arcane building laws impose fierce restrictions on floor space and the number of storeys that a building can have. Times, Sunday Times
The threat is also used to block subcabinet nominees for arcane reasons which are often not related to the nominees themselves, which raises seperation of powers issues as well. theAmericanist Says: Matthew Yglesias » Trapped in the Senate
China runs first sugarcane-leaf power plant power plant using sugarcane leaves has been put into operation in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. WN.com - Articles related to World Bank Helps Indonesia Increase Geothermal Energy
Rowena opened the small silver-chased casket, and perceived a carcanet, or neck lace, with ear-jewels, of diamonds, which were obviously of immense value. Ivanhoe
Frass is an arcane English word meaning the excrement or droppings of insects.
Anecdotes of legal excess reflect the world we see around us and add a human dimension to an otherwise arcane issue.
It was the White Witch, sorceress and enchanter, whose command over the mystic forces and arcane arts was rivaled only by Prince Albrecht himself.
And they have the responsibility of translating an arcane vocabulary into a comprehensibility that reaches us.
Due to decrease in the area under cane crop the mill may possibly receive only six lakh quintals of sugarcane this season, whereas in 2000-01 the mill got 36 lakh quintals.
No arcane spells nor exotic wizardry seem to have lodged in my soul. A TIME OF WAR
I was inducted into the arcane mysteries of shutter speeds, f-stops, ASA / ISO and the curious phenomenon of the (separate, handheld) light meter.
On the Spice tour you will learn about fifty different spices and fruit that grow on the island, from cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, cloves, to jackfruit and sugarcane.
We could make settlements safer by changing cropping patterns but it's impractical to ask farmers to uproot their sugarcane and tea bushes.
This capability, known in the civil community as hacking, phreaking, and other terms for arcane computer skills, also poses cultural problems for the US military.
Ivory is an arcane substance with the properly of rendering flesh incorruptible.
From arcane, meaning secret or mysterious, an arcanist is someone who has knowledge of a secret manufacturing process, especially in ceramics. January 2008
And they will hire the finest lawyers and planners to navigate their private fortunes safely through the arcane niceties of the tax code.
Natalie had done a little of everything, from arcane self-defense disciplines and sweat lodges to feng shui and jazz dancing. AMERICAN GODS
Meanwhile, fellow students were discoursing on what was to me the arcane subject of process theology.
The remaining land is currently being tilled to sow more cereals, ginger, sugarcane or potatoes as soon as I get the right seeds.
It seems to be killing disciplines like literary criticism, where voguishness and arcane jargon have alienated the ordinary educated reader. The New Age of the Book
Fish wrapped in banana leaves, dried beans, lots of soups, rice, a native green called callaloo, rum, and a devastating moonshine concocted from fermented corn and sugarcane juice, which Fry gives a recipe for. PopMatters
Anecdotes of legal excess reflect the world we see around us and add a human dimension to an otherwise arcane issue.
Given the nauseating stench of fermenting sugarcane, few lingered in the space.
Until a few months ago few people outside the arcane world of contemporary music had heard of Gorecki.
Once you can talk the language - which is arguably as arcane and jargonistic as anything dreamed up in an ivory tower - then we can figure out how we can help each other. Coding Dispositions at GDC
Minor industries include the production of beer, cigarettes, textiles, and natron (a mineral), as well as the processing of sugarcane and meat.
Why do you rob us of our ruffs, of our earrings, carcanets, of our fans and feathers?
Unfortunately the desire was one that was hard to forget and so the sigil didn't work, but I believe the theory is strong, and there are some wonderfully arcane dingbats out there if you know where to look.
And there were endless meetings and private conversations and arcane machinations, many never recorded.
Eventually, just two competitors stand against each other until one is able to spell some arcane word that the other cannot.
And another very important development this week, Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid once again threw out there the possibility that he was going to use some arcane budget rules -- basically what they call reconciliation, so he would only need 51 votes, a simple majority, instead of 60 votes, to pass something. CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2009
We lived from subsistence farming, growing sweet potatoes, corn, some sugarcane, and ginger.
In a busy schedule where usually the legislation is very arcane, it can take years, if ever, for necessary change to occur.
According to P. Manoharan, Project Director, PACHE Trust, a tonne of paperboard could be manufactured from three tonnes of sugarcane pulp.
The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans.
The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans.
Modern conflict may be too complex for arcane forms of protest.
This arcane coffee drink was once the stuff of mystery, to be found only in chichi Italian restaurants, formulated by cagey old waiters wrestling with giant copper kettles that hissed like contemptuous dragons.
For a long time, Irving used his streetwise independence to dazzle career academics with the arcane quality of his research.
Alternative culture is something the boys can retreat into; its arcane byways and fascinating backwaters are a mirror in some ways of Brooklyn itself.
They grow sugarcane, jowar, wheat, vegetables and different varieties of fruit on a 300-acre farm plot.
Gun making has its own vocabulary to describe the arcane processes that create a gun: "striking up" and "tinning" are just two of the terms used to describe aspects of making the barrels and fitting them together. Lock, Stock, and Barrel
The rules which determine the appropriate choice in conversation derive from the arcane art of knowing the ins and outs of the complex sociocultural fabric of Korean.
Atrazine is mainly applied to corn and soybean crops, but is also used on sorghum, sugarcane, pineapple, turf grass, and Christmas tree farms.
So it came to me on Tuesday night as I was chewing on a mouthful of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and trying to decide if I could call the tannins both “firm” and “drying”: the Diploma is to wine what dressage is to horseback riding – arcane, academic and interesting to an extremely small, and extremely passionate, group of people. Sasha Smith
I could find a mentor and follow them around, learning the arcane and mystical art of pointing.
Body Found in Afghanistan May Be Missing Japanese Aid Worker Tang Chhin Sothy/Agence France-Presse-Getty Images CAMBODIA SURGE: A Cambodian woman cut sugarcane Wednesday near a lake in Kandal, Cambodia. Today's WSJ in Photos: Aug. 27, 2008
For years residential conveyancing has been beset by an arcane and muddy bureaucracy that drives purchasers and their lawyers to the brink of despair. Times, Sunday Times
Equip: Increases Arcane spells and effects by up to 36.
Subhash Dagar of Sagarpur village claimed that the rains would be helpful in reviving nearly all the kharif crops, including sugarcane, paddy, bajra, jowar and pulses.
As he himself grew older, Comte's efforts to create a culture based on science became intense and eccentric, his worship of humanity increasingly mystical and arcane, his positivism more and more like a religion without God.
A possible hyperparasite of sugarcane rust: Cladosporium uredinicola Speg Xml's Blinklist.com
Records were denied airplay for the most arcane reasons imaginable.
Glabrous mutant varieties have been identified in many cereal crop species, including rice, wheat, barley, oats, pearl millet, sugarcane, and sorghum.
Chalillo's opponents point to untapped power sources like bagasse - the stalk refuse from sugarcane - as an alternative to the dam.
He wanders through a mysterious world of arcane theology.
Whatever party is in power, there are going to be complex rules, quorum requirements, committees including the arcane Committee of the Whole House, and various other mechanisms to get bills postured for debate and voting. The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Slaughter Solution constitutional?
Sibship between 29 sugarcane cultivars and 12 ancestor species was analysed with RAPD .
The area under sugarcane in the current kharif season has increased by 336,000 ha to 4.085 million ha as compared with 3.749 million ha in the previous year.
The chassis-tuning details are pretty arcane, but they include firmer springs in front and much firmer springs in back; as well as stiffer control arm and subframe bushings; thicker antiroll bars front and rear; lighter wheels and tires (less unsprung mass) and a general, sympathetic harmonizing between suspension, wheel-and-tire package and powertrain. Fanboys in Flight: Subaru Roars In on a Wing
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the most important crops were coffee and cloves and then sugarcane.
This is not a task to be undertaken lightly: the language is convoluted and arcane.
It is not illegal to observe arcane dietary laws and consider unclean those who don't - as long as you treat them fairly in law. Times, Sunday Times
Sticky rice prepared with coconut milk and sugarcane syrup is wrapped in banana leaves.
This system was difficult to use because store employees needed to remember arcane instructions and enter a lot of keystrokes.
The disc's second half comes across like Coney Island arcane arcadia by way of clattering barrelhouse piano and broken merry-go-round melodies.
Three decades later and Smith, with her wild grey mane and piercing eyes, has morphed from gamine mystic to mature sorcerer: a sybilline speaker of arcane truths.
The non-mathematical appear to have their revenge, as the perils of over-reliance on complex symbolic notation and arcane formulae are relentlessly exposed.
(Though I "adduced" no sophistries or misdirections whatsoever and, Linda, you're not following the reasoning herein, I merely invoked Oresme as an earlier, counter example, not to slight or detract from Galileo's empirical data any more than I'd wish to slight or detract from Tycho Brahe's own methodology and system, relevant to that specific period - but all that begins to get into more arcane subject matter, as noted.) On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
Sugarcane still grows here — and pecan trees, the grafting pioneered by a slave gardener.
But today, most of this flow has been stopped and the wetlands drained to provide land for sugarcane production.
That's an arcane law, Senator," she said, batting her eyes underneath her downswept Madison Ave. 'do. Jodi Lampert: Elena Kagan: Plessy vs. Seventeen Magazine
The bittersweet tang of pulverized sugarcane hung pungent in the breathless void of the wind.
Under the arcane rules of the council, this has to be debated at an Executive Committee meeting.
Steeped in local history, this slightly sweet liquor, made from sugarcane or molasses (a by-product of sugar refining), gives daiquiris and pina coladas their kick.
Personally I couldn't care less about trying to duplicate effects that have already been achieved using the arcane language of electronics.
Doorways into the mind and the unknown are symbolized as arcane, bewildering entrances and egresses.
In many parts of the globe disputes over history are often not arcane or academic disagreements.
The BRAD BLOG spoke recently with the legendary 1970's-era whistleblower in the wake of our recent exclusive, detailing Edmonds 'announcement that she was prepared to risk prosecution to expose the entirety of the still-classified information that the Bush Administration has "gagged" her from revealing for the past five years under claims of the arcane "State Secrets Privilege". Brad Friedman: EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Ellsberg Says Sibel Edmonds Case 'Far More Explosive Than Pentagon Papers'
The magazine's erudite, elegant editor encouraged all sorts of arcane and experimental ruminations from his reviewers.
Earl Ferrers, whose closest friends would not call him an intellectual, was unfamiliar with the arcane procedure of the House.
The sawgrass marshes may be the largest in the world, but with pollution by | nutrient-rich run-off especially from sugarcane farms, are being invaded by cat-tail, Typha spp. Everglades National Park, United States
On record, Mr. McCombs's band couches intricate lyricism in soft rock and piano balladry, but with sumptuous touches of arcane instruments like celesta, Hammond organ, and bass clarinet. A Little Older, but No Less Noisy
What was lost amid the brouhaha about Martin's background was the display of arcane tradition that his election symbolised.
As these heraldic arms became more elaborate, their description or blazon came to acquire its own rules, arcane vocabulary, and concise syntax.

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