Then, with suitable caveats, the lonely ques-tor on love's tortuous path may be vouchsafed a personalised selection of three tantalising e-mail addresses.

They serve not to pave the way to satisfying redemptive myths, but seek a footing along the tortuous path towards understanding the twentieth century.

Its attributes as a barrier material result from its high degree of crystallization, the basis for a tortuous path mechanism for low permeability.

Its association with a river comes from the way its stars trace a tortuous path.