This jagged shard of American history has become a ravelment of an election, a tangle of confusion and complexity.
Fast-forward eight months, past June's second inconclusive general election and through a tangle of political deals that have failed to deliver a government, and Spain's acting prime minister has lost none of his characteristic caution.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday evening agreed to hear a tangle of lawsuits over how Texas should conduct elections for its Legislature and for Congress next year.
"We stayed focused on the concerns of the voters," Mr. Emanuel said of a week that had, however briefly, sent voters, election workers and other candidates into a tangle of confusion.
What had seemed a hopeless tangle of personalities at the top, with the likelihood of a disastrous election campaign, is also resolving itself.
City elections officials, too, found themselves trapped in the tangle of the legal fight.
WITH Britain's general election under way, one thing is clear: the national picture masks a complicated tangle of dynamics among different groups of voters.
So now consider that tangle of modules.
But the tangle of wires is deceptive.
