The phrasing of the clause responded directly to Lord Mansfield’s ruling. A model of circumlocution, the resulting clause is the closest of the so-called Slave Clauses (Article I, Section 2 ...

That circumlocution is tantamount to a direct rejection of Tbilisi’s long-standing argument that the Abkhaz and South Ossetian leaders are merely Russian puppets that obediently carry out its ...

Patients who describe what a word means instead of providing the name are employing circumlocution. When patients fail to recognize what an object is, they are exhibiting visual agnosia caused by ...

without any circumlocution,-- "How the Devil did you know that?" he muttered, with an expression half-remorseful, half-amazed; but I was satisfied, and said no more. Of course, this went to Robert ...

in the heat of an argument when a conventionally polite 25-word circumlocution would be better form). But their most serious charge is that Lewis’ theological pamphleteering is a kind of ...

Even in the nineteenth century, the ability of a bureaucracy to remain in existence regardless of need was ridiculed by ...

BBC Radio 4 has announced details of its upcoming Dickensian season of audio dramas, which begins on Sunday 29 September. The ...

From the tortuous circumlocution, it was all too evident the program director must have agonized over how to present the actual comments from Yoshinoya Holdings Co., the nation's leading "gyudon ...

Jason Watkins ( McDonald & Dodds) will be leading the cast of Little Dorrit as Charles Dickens/Rigaud, also being joined by ...

However, unlike Betrayal in the City and Man of Kafira, which employed circumlocution and subtle satire to drive home the author’s stinging commentary on bad leadership in Kafira (or Afrika ...