Her mooted opponents went prostrate: every sitting Democratic governor had endorsed her within a day. The switch was not regarded with scepticism, but with relief.
In 2013, India's Supreme Court famously described the country's premier investigating agency as a " caged parrot" for its susceptibility to political pressure from the reigning central government.
I had given in allegiance to duty and order; I was quiet; I believed I was content: to the eyes of others, usually even to my own, I appeared a disciplined and subdued character.
He understood what the rocks said deep under the earth when they bowed in towards each other and groaned; and he understood what the trees said when they rustled in the middle of the morning.
Many of the people who I had in my practice who were like that were unbelievably annoyed that the world hadn't bent itself over to bow at their feet because of their undeniable intellect.
The gods touched their foreheads to the ground, bowing, in his majesty's presence, so that Ra might state his problem in the presence of his father, Nun, the Infinite Waters.