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In addition to instant superstar Maria Sharapova, there are enough current multisyllable stars from the former Soviet Union to leave American tongues tied in knots until the next cold war: Svetlana Kuznetsova, Elena Dementieva, Nadia Petrova, Anastasia Myskina, Vera Zvonareva, Elena Likhovtseva.
The idea of kindergartners sitting in lotus position has gotten several Catholic school parents all tied in knots.
The handful of pro-marriage-recognition cases by multistate corporations, businesses, creditors, and insurers, who went to court when they found themselves tied in knots by the right-wing patchwork of nonrecognition laws, vividly demonstrated that discrimination in marriage affected not just the couples and their kids but also others interacting with them.
 
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