It is a Gordian knot the Chinese state has only begun to unpick.

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This is necessary to deal with the myriad insurance billing schemes that can best be described as a Gordian Knot designed by Rube Goldberg.

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This is a real Gordian Knot.

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There is a simpler way to cut the Gordian knot of rising debt and college costs, one that would help desperate graduates in the short term and lower the cost of college in the long term.

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With the end of the Y2K nightmare in sight, now is the time for business executives to take a long-sighted look at the Gordian knot of business and technology.

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Insurance companies will realize the medical equivalent of a car tune-up is best paid for without introducing the Gordian Knot of insurance claims processing.

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Instead, he has been left to sort out the Gordian Knot that is the U.K.'s 4G spectrum auction, a task even Alexander the Great's sword would have failed to achieve.

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