Word: bafflements
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...human hope. Jimmy flew here election dawn to cast his own ballot, already informed of imminent failure; and in a greeting to his home-town supporters at the depot, the break in his voice seemed an understandable response to their continued loyalty in the face of so much bafflement, so many craven defections-"I've tried to honor my commitment...
...point, Chairman Frank Church held a text of the U.N. resolution in one hand and in the other grasped the Camp David accords and previous U.N. resolutions that were far less critical of Israel than the one under contention. Said tie: "To my own bafflement, these two sets of documents are clearly inconsistent." Later, Church stated: "Why vote for any resolution proposed by Arab countries condemning Israel? It would have been more appropriate to abstain...
...reaction of the council, and of a broad spectrum of professors both at Harvard and at other universities, has been one of bafflement. Many feel that Harberger's association with the Chilean military regime, his brand of "Chicago school" economics, and his strictly economic approach to development will damage the HIID's reputation, and set it on a narrow course, which might exclude other disciplines like sociology and anthropology...
...from the pricing regulations drawn up by the Council on Wage and Price Stability (COWPS) to enforce Jimmy Carter's Stage II guidelines. The rules were supposed to put some muscle into the White House's campaign against inflation, but they have become a source of bafflement for lawyers, accountants and businessmen everywhere...
...outrageous extremes. Handkerchiefs is a wet dream gone beautifully berserk. The tone is set by the opening scene, in which Depardieu presents Dewaere, a total stranger, as a "gift" to his wife Solange. She remains indifferent to the men's shenanigans, and the men succumb to complete bafflement. They sit by Solange's bedside, aimlessly but poetically speculating about the mysteries that lie within her heart and mind. Only when the heroine falls for a 13-year-old prodigy (Riton) does she finally arouse from her stupor. The boy becomes, by turns, Solange's brother, son, lover...