(The arcane business of cable television programming comes in for almost as much grief as architecture here.)

The case is a tough one to make, however, as it involves the arcane business of prescription drug pricing.

That comes with the territory for this wizard of sales promotion - the arcane business of getting people to pay attention to a product.

Not one chipmunk scurried across the slope, pursuing the arcane business of that gentle breed.

She struggles to make the arcane business of global markets comprehensible - no easy feat, since she knows almost nothing about finance.

She'd just waited till he was able to care for himself, then had hurried off on some arcane business.

That specialty is the arcane business of "expediting" building permits, blueprint inspections and code applications through what may be the nation's most complicated big-city construction regulations.

Under Mr. Harrington, an accountant, Thomson has come to dominate somewhat arcane businesses.

Quick & Reilly also acquired the U.S. Clearing Corporation, a leader in the arcane but lucrative business of settling trades.

The arcane business has taken the limo king to the top.