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Word: confusionism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Actually, this confusion exists only on paper. The 4:15 train for Springfield will really leave at 4:15, Daylight Time, and 3:15 Standard. The solution is to look at only one timetable.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Daylight Time Causes RR Confusion | 4/23/1949 | See Source »

But there he was in the "batter's box," with two out and men on first and third. Giving up on the possibility of a hit, Billy Southworth ordered Masi to steal second. In the ensuing confusion, Southworth hoped to slip Russell unobtrusively across the plate with the tie-breaking...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 4/22/1949 | See Source »

All week the Senate wrangled in disorganized confusion. Members were tired of night sessions, tired of each other and dead tired of Majority Leader Scott Lucas' heavyhanded efforts to keep things moving. The nation's highest deliberative body was debating whether to extend ECA for 15 months. Oregon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Unruly Charges | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

Chaucer v. Black Hats. In a London hotel, watching the faces of those about him, Tom thinks: "When Chaucer wrote of pilgrimage . . . then every man knew where he was, and where he could go. But now all is confusion and no one has anywhere to go. They leave home only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Vote for Victoria | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

The network board has discovered a commercial station in Michigan that is using the same call letters--WHRV, and it wants to avoid the confusion that might result with two stations using the same letters.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHRV Scans Alphabet for New Station Signal Letters | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

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