This breaks that vicious circle of retaliation. And you never get to the bottom of it with two kids; it becomes about who's lying.

Describe a circle, stroke its back and it turns vicious.

The vicious circle has been shattered. Canadians now enjoy the benefits of the virtuous circle.

But the Joint Committee is not meeting, so we are in a vicious circle at the moment.

We were caught in a trap of our own making - a vicious circle in which our chronic deficits contributed to economic lethargy, which in turn contributed to even higher deficits, and then to greater malaise.

There is a great need to be needed. Remember, you feel good whenever you are needed. Sometimes, even if it brings misery to you, even then you love to be needed.