Word: confounder
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...therapists, they order roast duck with mango salsa. As allegorical stand-ins for minorities, they're more complex than the aggrieved parties usually are in sitcoms. They're not boisterous Al Sharpton firebrands but peevish, passive-aggressive, neurotic yuppies. They do what good TV characters should: they confound expectations...
...comedian Dave Chapelle wrought comic havoc by creating a fictional blind African-American who supports the Klu Klux Klan, unaware of his own blackness. But Farid Smahi is not a comedian, nor is he blind, although he does confound a stereotype: The son of Algerian parents and a longtime victim of anti-immigrant prejudice, Smahi is a candidate in France's forthcoming legislative election - for the anti-immigrant National Front of Jean-Marie...
...results of those elections could be heavily influenced by millions of ethnic-minority first-time voters. But it's far from certain how they plan to vote. Some experts feel they'll back the left on promises of programs of suburban renewal, but others suspect they will confound conventional wisdom by backing the politician who mirrors their own outsider status in the French political mainstream...
...Culturally precious, yes, but do they belong in a modern art museum? Designed to be sat and slept on rather than scrutinized, these textile treasures, which are typically stacked high to connote social standing, delightfully confound our expectations of contemporary art. So how does Finau Mara's exquisitely woven baby mat fit with, say, British artist Tracey Emin's unmade bed? It was exactly this outsider status that made the QAG's curator of contemporary Pacific art, Maud Page, excited about bringing such material into a gallery. As she puts it, "How can we deal with the rest...
...Crimson cut the lead into five off shots from Tay and Hallion. The Harvard defense awoke in the final minutes. The extra pressure cracked a tough Quinnipiac offense, who shot 62.2 percent from the field. More Crimson players hit the ground, diving for loose balls, and began to confound the visitors after switching to a full court press. However, it was too little too late as Harvard could not generate enough momentum to reclaim the lead. To find the answer to these recent troubles, Harvard only need to look into a mirror. “Too many fouls...