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Starting with the courtship or marriage to their husbands, women would tie knots in the cord to mark the passing of weeks and months.
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They can hoist the skull-and-crossbones, tie pirate knots, learn how to fire a cannon and more, the museum's Web site says.
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Faced with such obligations, firms tie themselves in knots to avoid hiring anyone at all.
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Meanwhile, though, the Danes can have fun watching the Swedes tie themselves in knots before the referendum on euro membership in September.
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Mr Clegg is plunging into a briar patch, and may find the thorniest tangles in the Lords, where an impressive array of vastly experienced peers are poised to try and tie him in knots.
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Democrats truly could tie the Senate in knots, since most Senate business requires unanimous agreement to proceed.
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Red tape continues to tie business up in knots, limiting economic growth and its contribution to state coffers.
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And so effective has the rebel operation been, that they clearly have the numbers and organisation to tie the government in knots at committee stage.
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The operations take longer, tie our upper body in knots and leave us with fatigue and frustration.
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McConnell has served as a battering ram against the Democratic majority, using the power of the filibuster to hold up appointments and tie the Democrats' agenda into knots.
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These fatwas explain the rum list of candidates: you either have to be an unelectable extremist who genuinely believes all this, or a dissembler prepared to tie yourself in ever more elaborate knots (the flexible Mr Romney).
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