ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLIANT
From Old French, from plier to fold, bend.
2 QUOTES WITH «PLIANT»
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pliant.
A workday lunch that lasts as long as a transcontinental flight is an impossibility for all but the most pliant and footloose of food tourists. To get in the game, you need a thick wallet, an adventurous palate, and a whole lot of time.
In traditional Hindu families like ours, men provided and women were provided for. My father was a patriarch and I a pliant daughter. The neighborhood I'd grown up in was homogeneously Hindu, Bengali-speaking, and middle-class. I didn't expect myself to ever disobey or disappoint my father by setting my own goals and taking charge of my future.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLIANT»
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pliant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pliant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English Skills for College Freshmen
Villanueva, P.M. et. ,al. PLIANT LIKE THE BAMBOO /. V. Mallari STUDY HELPS 1
. In what ways is the Filipino like. There is a story in Philippine folkfore about a
mango tree and a bamboo tree. Not being able to agree as to which was the ...
2
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
In extended use ductile often approaches plastic and pliant but it may have
distinctive connotations directly derived from its literal senses, such as quick
responsiveness (as distinguished from submissiveness) to influences that would
form, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Mechanical Design in Organisms
It is necessary to specify that the concept of a pliant material is based on
functional considerations because all materials are deformed under stress, but
pliant materials function by being deformed. Mechanically the pliant materials
have a low ...
Stephen A. Wainwright, 1982
Pliant wave The pliant wave configuration is almost like the steep wave
configuration where a subsea anchor controls the TDP, i.e. the tension in the riser
is transferred to the anchor and not to the TDP. The pliant wave has the
additional ...
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Reports from Commisioners: Fourteen Volumes
Pliant P. P. P. P. Firm F. F. F. F. Good .G. G. G. G. li Rejected from age. Pliant
P. P. P. P. Firm F. F. F. F. Med. M. M. If. i M. if , , hysterical. "a £•' Pliant P. CD P.
CD Mod. M. cp S. CD Med. M. CD B. CD a 2 , , nlceration, with diseased bone. 2i
Pliant ...
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Duchamp: Love and Death, Even
Pliant . . . de voyage (1916): the empty cover from an Underwood typewriter
conceived to look like a woman's skirt. 16. Trelmchet (1917) in a photograph
taken in Duchamp's studio and later reproduced in Boite en valise (Bicycle Wheel
can ...
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Pathological Conditions: New Insights for the Healthcare ...
information for this patent application: “According to the present invention there is
provided a therapeutic hand exercise device comprising: one or more pliant
sleeves for receiving one or more digits of a human hand, a chamber provided in
at ...
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Agents and Artificial Intelligence: Second International ...
In Pliant systems we use a so-called distending function, which represents a soft
inequality. In the Pliant system the various operators (conjunction, disjunction
and aggregation) are closely related to each other. We also use unary operators
...
Joaquim Filipe, Ana Fred, Bernadette Sharp, 2011
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Catheterization: New Insights for the Healthcare ...
a rounded pole, forming a loop through which the pliant material is inserted. “
Furthermore, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present
invention, the pliant material is provided with longitudinal bars attached to the
pliant ...
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Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
other, to tire [vt] somewhat or very much, to help to be or become tired; to render
somewhat pliant or very pliant, help to render pliant or supple; to cause to indulge
in horseplay }»A4>4- allafaffa to render pliant or supple in part, not completely ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLIANT»
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pliant is used in the context of the following news items.
The 4 Most Embarrassing Things Cecile Richards Said In Defense …
Even with the help of a pliant media, Richards is in a tough situation. On the one hand, she seemed like Cruella de Vil reading off a short list of ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
Parliament disruption: Time for NDA to bare its fangs and tell Sonia …
The NDA in opposition for the last 10 years may have made noises, but was surprisingly pliant in allowing the UPA to pass laws supporting ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
Abortion Activists Attack Pro-Life Governor Jeb Bush for Visiting Pro …
That Stille should talk about CPCs “bullying” women…well, who has all the money, the connections, the banks of attorneys, and pliant ... «LifeNews.com, Jul 15»
9 'Game of Thrones' Theories From The Book Forum That Are So …
A Forum of Ice and Fire poster “Maester Gandalf” points out all Tywin stood to gain from the Purple Wedding — he'd get a much more pliant regent to control ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
The Talwars And The Many Faces Of Grief
She does not fit the picture of the soft, pliant, helpless mother we would all like her to be. She is being called hard, more determined than a ... «Huffington Post India, Jul 15»
Tom Parker Bowles reviews Le Chabanais: A taste of money …
Basque squid stew is very good indeed: the cephalopod soft and pliant, the sauce pitch-black and profoundly fishy, and with just the right ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Britten's “Albert Herring” gets a worthy, enjoyable staging at Miami …
Matthew Maness's brightly pliant character tenor captured Albert's pathos as well as his comic side. Looking silly in his jacket and May King ... «South Florida Classical Review, Jul 15»
An offbeat start to Barenboim's marathon
The playing was as pliant and sweet as the music demands, with specially fine solos from the lady hornist. And now, a total contrast: acidity and ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Jul 15»
Capital Journal Daybreak: Turkey Strikes Islamic State Targets in …
... security agencies and its pliant judiciary, as well as their obsession with idea that outsiders–chiefly Americans–are plotting a velvet revolution ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
Audi's second- generation R8 is a clever update
For a car so planted and agile, its ride is remarkably good - pliant enough to shrug off poor surfaces without upsetting the car's trajectory, yet ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
