It is unlikely they will win, but there may at least be a tortuous, protracted battle that itself could delay economic change.

Reynolds won a tortuous legal battle to force the IAAF to let him run again and he won the world championship silver medal at Stuttgart in Germany last year.

Whichever side has the more accurate view of party disarray, animosities have evolved into a tortuous battle over control of the party.

Four years later, after several tortuous legal battles, a Supreme Court Justice, Leland De Grasse, issued a ruling that greatly expanded the number of apartments affected by the law.

Recent events in the tortuous legal battle over the safety of silicone breast implants, however, suggest that the time has arrived for a new twist on that old saying.

In the tourney's final round, Lautier crisply bested Kasparov in a tactically tortuous battle.

The New York Presidential primary this Tuesday has become the main event of the long and tortuous battle for the Democratic nomination.

The decision is a turning point in a tortuous eight-year legal battle over steps by Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to clamp down on steamy programming.

After a tortuous political battle, his plan succeeded, and it saved the college.