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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reactors Abroad | 6/12/2005 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Shakespeare Comedy Finds New Love at Mather | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

...caught in May 2003 after having spent five years hiding in the North Carolinian woods, also disclosed the location of more than 110 kilos of dynamite he had hidden there. His primary motivation, he wrote in a rambling and unrepentant manifesto released after his pleas, was to "confound, anger and embarrass" the U.S. government for legalizing abortion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...Atlanta and Birmingham. Rudolph, who was caught in May 2003 after spending five years hiding in the North Carolina woods, disclosed the location of 250 lbs. of dynamite he had hidden there. His primary motivation, he said in a rambling, unrepentant statement released after his pleas, was to "confound, anger and embarrass" the U.S. government for legalizing abortion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 25, 2005 | 4/17/2005 | See Source »

...Confound their politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Silver Jubilee, George V | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

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