Unfortunately, the institution most relevant to the Comey issue — Congress — has been the most pliable, for basically partisan reasons.
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His Albany Regency political machine, at its peak, would have impressed even the most pliable of Chicago politicians of the mid-20th Century.
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In the four decades since, the song has been tapped more than two dozen times in film, television and video games and has become a most pliable standard.
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Brian later commented on how "Constant playing under its own and distinguished conductors has made the Halford band a most pliable instrument. The attack, the manner - almost effortless - in which a forte rises from the faintest pianissimo, the perfect phrasing, are several features of this fine orchestra." Concerts were held fortnightly at Birmingham Town Hall on Tuesday evenings between October and March each year. Detailed analytical programme notes about the music to be played were made available ten days before a concert, open rehearsals were given and sometimes concerts were accompanied by lectures from the visiting musicians.
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Three assassination attempts were made on Qin Shi Huang's life,Borthwick, p. 10 leading him to become paranoid and obsessed with immortality. He died in 210 BC, while on a trip to the far eastern reaches of his empire in an attempt to procure an elixir of immortality from Taoist magicians, who claimed the elixir was stuck on an island guarded by a sea monster. The chief eunuch, Zhao Gao, and the prime minister, Li Si, hid the news of his death upon their return until they were able to alter his will to place on the throne the dead emperor's most pliable son, Huhai, who took the name of Qin Er Shi.
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Paracas skulls Proto Nazca deformed skull, c 200–100 BC Landesmuseum Württemberg deformed skull, early sixth century Allemannic culture Painting by Paul Kane, showing a Chinookan child in the process of having its head flattened, and an adult after the process Artificial cranial deformation or modification, head flattening, or head binding is a form of body alteration in which the skull of a human being is deformed intentionally. It is done by distorting the normal growth of a child's skull by applying force. Flat shapes, elongated ones (produced by binding between two pieces of wood), rounded ones (binding in cloth), and conical ones are among those chosen or valued in various cultures. Typically, the shape alteration is carried out on an infant, as the skull is most pliable at this time.
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IMDB 10x10 Hardman 1989 He was later featured as one of the three British bouncers including, Lenny McLean and John 'The Neck' Houchin, in Steven Cantor's film Bounce: Beyond the Velvet Rope,Bounce: Beyond the Velvet Rope on IMDB in which his portrayal has been described as "a soft spoken professed Christian, who can quote Shakespeare whenever the mood takes him, but who prefers handling obnoxious customers in their most pliable state - knocked unconscious". New York Times Film Review, September 7, 2001 Crossley also features in a book about Lenny McLean's life, entitled: (The Guv'nor - Revealed) By writing duo Lee Wortley and Anthony Thomas. This book of untold stories also features his lifelong friend John 'The Neck' Houchin. Over the years, in and amongst the cobble-fighting hierarchy, it has been stated that Crossley and his unnatural power and speed were unmatched, and many who have worked alongside him have said that in his heyday, not a soul would have had the brawn to go toe-to-toe with him. What is more, it has been documented in various crime magazines that a life story is currently being written, and that ‘writer and best selling author‘ Lee Wortley is the man behind it.
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