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But the Vaisya community has cut the Gordian knot, finding a way out of the problem.
If we really understood either the physical or mental bases of the patient's aggression or other symptoms, we could untie this Gordian knot.
Instead of sinking into a Gordian knot of cynicism leading to despair, we can rise to be the change we want to see!
Life conditions and life strategies are as tightly entwined as the Gordian knot.
When conflicts arise, the Kremlin has tended to cut the Gordian knot rather than attempting to untie it.
She cut the Gordian knot by allowing tenants the right to buy at discounted prices, trading one benefit for another.
We haven't been particularly skilled at that, and perhaps no foreign sword could cut the Gordian knot of an old, stubborn culture.
Maybe enough support might emerge for another idea that would cut the Gordian knot of constitutional change.
Let me suggest that for William, heir to the throne, the monarchy is a Gordian knot whose time for cutting is well overdue.
A satirical commentary on native genocide and its aftermath, the play tangles characters, notions and story threads into a defiant Gordian knot.
In practice, the story of Hannibal's evolution from best-selling novel to blockbuster film unwinds with all the ease of a Gordian knot.
International co-operation proved totally unable to untie this Gordian knot.
Unfortunately, thanks to complicated accounting and IRS rules, evaluating pension risk is a Gordian knot that is not easily unraveled.
Entwined within this Gordian knot is a truth so terrible as to be rarely spoken.
These creatures are also sometimes called gordian worms, because they can interloop themselves into a knot reminiscent of the famous Gordian knot of Greek legend.
However, the overall intent and effect of the play was one of a happy lark through the Gordian knot of contemporary socio-political problems and out to a happy ending.
At that moment, the work shifted gears, the Gordian knot was severed, and the audience were confronted by a new set of terms by which to navigate this experience.
That in turn tempted German leaders, fearful that time was against them, to cut the Gordian knot with the sword.
But we still have not worked out how to cut the Gordian knot around Kosovo, despite numerous attempts.
We must cut the Gordian knot with regard to the seat of this Parliament once and for all.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The Bishop cut the Gordian knot for her by ordering all seculars to be turned out of the dorter.
One of the great attractions of reading or hearing Bob is seeing him cut through the Gordian knot of tangled theories or research findings.
To her mind this complicated tangle of the affairs of life was a Gordian knot impossible to untie and which genius ought to cut.
It's a fascinating Gordian knot and one that adds extra depth and humanity to the archetypal narrative of illness.
Firms run the risk of discovering that their IT infrastructure becomes a Gordian knot that becomes too difficult to untangle.
You must make up your mind, and cut the Gordian knot, like Alexander.
The proof of this last was that he took a revolver to his Gordian knot.
It was she who invented the short cut, who severed the Gordian knot.
The solution to this Gordian Knot is simple, and a state respecting its citizens would not have waited for the imposition of a solution by the Troika.
Who is reputed to have severed the Gordian Knot with his sword?
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