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But, whereas the previous Filter-Farr collaboration on Water yielded a magical work on climate change, this is a more fitful piece about personal and political freedom in which the cat's-cradle ingenuity almost becomes an end in itself.
Silence - review 2011
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If it doesn't quite achieve the extraordinary transcendental lift-off of the last quarter of 2005's Demon Days, it is nevertheless a fantastically sustained, cat's-cradle of rhythms, tones and musical colours.
Gorillaz, Plastic Beach (2010) Adam Roberts 2010
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If it doesn't quite achieve the extraordinary transcendental lift-off of the last quarter of 2005's Demon Days, it is nevertheless a fantastically sustained, cat's-cradle of rhythms, tones and musical colours.
Archive 2010-03-01 Adam Roberts 2010
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Now, Betsy has to untangle a cat's-cradle of lies if she's going to save Godwin before the murderer decides to cut off the loose ends for good.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Now, Betsy has to untangle a cat's-cradle of lies if she's going to save Godwin before the murderer decides to cut off the loose ends for good.
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A marriage could be seen as one such cat's-cradle, the requirements of different children's personalities, the impact of in-laws or affairs, as additional fingers causing constant shifts in the tensional pattern.
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A cat's-cradle tangle of meshwork bridges stretched right across Commons from one side to the other, supported from below by steel struts or suspended from above by steel cables disappearing into the ceiling.
Ripping Time Asprin, Robert 2000
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Nikolai bethought him of his sword, and felt for it, as Karoly abandoned his cat's-cradle and stood up.
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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Nikolai bethought him of his sword, and felt for it, as Karoly abandoned his cat's-cradle and stood up.
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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They were playing the old game of cat's-cradle, and the boy was bubbling with laughter round the cord he nibbled.
The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981
hernesheir commented on the word cat's-cradle
Also scratch-cradle.
December 9, 2010