Word: confounding
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...test our faith? To make fools of modern science? This is hardly even good religion. God may be mysterious, but he is certainly not malicious. And who but a malicious deity would have peppered the universe with endless phony artifacts designed to confound human reason...
...Look directly at your opposition to stop him in his tracks. Most defenders will slow down if you get in their wayostop as if you are going to let him blow by, then start moving again to thoroughly confound and irritate him. This "stutter-step," coupled with a few head-fakes, should be enough to elude even compact cars. Keep your center of gravity low for best results...
...understand the Muse, never had a miscarriage and never been happily smitten, you can somehow understand the turbulent feelings in songs like "Riot proof" and "Haze". The album, particularly the live CD, showcases the passion that Amos so candidly displays in her performances, and although the words may confound you, you can feel her in the music more than ever...
...never quite certain what to do with films like American Beauty--the ones that strive to reach beyond the grasp of understanding, the ones that confound. They are difficult and impressive but almost always flawed. Genre movies and silly Hollywood "products" are easy: you always know what you are going to get when you hand over your two bits and your two hours. There is a deep satisfaction in getting exactly what you pay for: a quick roller-coaster, or a good cry, or the fantasy of another life. Often, these pleasures don't even have to be shallow; some...
...child's school--and an outlet for nervy overbearance, so that each homework assignment is practically theirs to complete too. Yet the growth in dual-income families means less energy and shorter fuses for assisting the kids. And all the swirling arguments over homework underscore the bigger questions that confound American teachers, parents and policymakers: What should we expect from our children? What do we want them to learn? How much is enough...