Word: confounded
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...on—yet none having to do with determining the level of danger at which constitutional prerogatives go by the way-side (that belongs, appropriately, to the judiciary). Likewise, the Constitution doesn’t provide for the executive to supersede any other law that might confound, by his judgment, his duty to protect the nation. A quick jaunt into The Federalist Papers reveals that the executive’s subservience to the written law is actually one of our system’s selling points, in the view of the Founders themselves...
Sampson’s findings confound some stereotypes about race and violence...
...affection could not be more deserved. Fresh off a season in which he shattered virtually every Harvard rushing and scoring record, running back Clifton Dawson has begun his junior campaign by continuing to confound opposing defenses. The most recent victim was Brown, whose defense Dawson shredded Saturday for 189 yards on 34 carries in what essentially amounted to three quarters of work, leading to Ivy Offensive Player of the Week honors...
...industry responded with a smokescreen--literally. Germany's 18 nuclear power plants were to be protected by fog machines that would obscure the plants from incoming aircraft. The plan was sent for revisions, however, after the Germans realized that in the event of a collision, the smokescreen would confound rescue workers...
...Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the show is its setting: the outdoors will provide the audience with a much more personal show, so scenes flow together in a way that Fox hopes will reflect the mythical setting of Illyria. “Being outside really lets you confound some of the conventions,” wrote Fox, adding that “it puts the actors and the audience on more equal terms...