Not surprisingly, this arcane system of reading contrary to written order takes years to learn and has fallen out of fashion in recent decades.

Mr. Lubetzky faced an arcane system encrusted with redundancies, inconsistencies and irrelevancies.

Under an arcane and little-questioned system, the Queen's immediate relatives have their expenses taken care of by the Government.

Press also has a fluency in the company's arcane systems and history.

Like them, he discovered a vast and arcane system held together with technology - in his case, the nation's network of banks.

Metcalf noted, "It seems like an arcane system that could have been invented only by somebody who was mentally deranged."

The discrepancy probably results from the county's arcane system of assessing value based largely on what it would have cost to build a home in 1938.

Not all medical blunders can be blamed on sleep deprivation, of course, but light should be shed on an arcane system that contributes to the problem.

Keller neglected to mention that the United States is ranked fifth, via the arcane system that rewards regional play.

For years, the nations of the Eastern bloc grumbled that Moscow's arcane system for trade with its allies was little more than a swindle.