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The composition of “Quiet Procession,” with bent, prone and erect figures, each subdivided into simmering blocks of color, is simply sublime.

The poll’s “yes” voters were heavily Democratic, and the “no” voters were mostly Republican, which is easy to explain given the activist bent of the court’s majority.

Their rifles were ripped away, bent into hooks, and thrown aside.

Others call the dictionary a fig leaf for the interpretive excesses of jurists bent on reading the law to suit a political agenda.

His right foot appeared to get caught under another player and was bent in an unnatural direction.