Sentence examples for arcane practices from inspiring English sources

Leading the government's effort to curtail these arcane practices was Gary Gensler, the chairman of C.F.T.C., who had worked for Mr. Corzine at Goldman Sachs.

Some otherwise arcane practices of the financial world such as collateralised debt obligations and structured investment vehicles suddenly became everybody's concern.

Inequality in these professions has regularly been flagged up in the media, and they have been heavily criticised over arcane practices.

Just as with a funeral, preparing for a wedding is an emotionally charged journey into an unfamiliar territory of arcane practices, all of which appear to be the intimidating preserve of experts and specialists.

Melville is forever describing, at near-preposterous length and detail, the arcane practices of whaling and seafaring and, through a kind of intellectual prestidigitation, making them signify larger philosophical and moral truths.

Some will see it as a metaphor for the division and arcane practices plaguing the federation, which is facing the threat of government intervention if it fails to enact root-and-branch reforms.

GERRYMANDERING Jeff Reichert's documentary looks at the ancient, arcane practice of redrawing Congressional districts.

Over the years he has become synonymous with the sport, and his efforts in major championships provide the only time the wider British sporting public even consider the arcane practice of javelin throwing.

It sounds like some arcane practice out of JK Rowling but it is, of course, the latest celebrity hybrid that takes its place alongside those other magnificent centaurs, Brangelina, Bennifer and Kimye.

No other advanced economy follows this arcane practice and the U.S. should follow suit.

The latest problem is an arcane practice known as "tax equity" financing, which has all but dried up for big-ticket energy projects.