Word: confusional
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This figurative iron curtain ensures that the West has little idea about what goes on in eastern bloc countries. An occasional book, like Hedrick Smith's The Russians, provides a brief, fascinating peek behind the veil, but for the most part a state of uneasy ignorance prevails. And when Western...
Better communication could alleviate many of the difficulties the disabled must confront at Harvard. In many cases, ignorance and insensitivity--not structural shortcomings--cause the greatest hardships. A more sensitive atmosphere could temper many of the hardships handicapped students encounter. Finding out exactly what services disabled students want improved could...
Another classic case of waste and confusion involves the Viper antitank weapon. Ten years ago, the Army decided to provide infantrymen with cheap, light antitank bazookas. The Vipers were projected to cost about $75 apiece, but design changes began almost as soon as the weapon was proposed. The weight, it...
The President's various comments produced a certain amount of confusion. Even a State Department official, after hearing of Reagan's offer to "guarantee" security along Israel's northern border, said, "I'm not sure if the word was calculatedly chosen or just grabbed out of...
The new courage stems from Labour's biggest single election disaster in recent history and to the general confusion that has plagued Her Majesty's Opposition in the four years since Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher led her Tories back into 10 Downing St. Since the Thatcher victory, Labour has experienced...