Word: confusionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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By five minutes after seven he was nearing his half-dreaded goal. As he approached the front door, all Vag's hitherto generalized confusion centered on one specific fear: he had no car . . . would she mind going into Boston on the subway? Of course she would. She had worn an...
Senator Francis T. Maloney's committee, picking up the shells one at a time, seemed to reveal no pea at all. After listening to eleven days of testimony, it reported flatly that there was no shortage: the railroads could provide 20,000 now idle tank cars to transport 200...
Editorialized the New York Times: "There would never have been any 'confusion' ... if it had once been explained that the real oil shortage lies in the need to build up a surplus against the possible needs of the Navy. Once that real need is made clear to the...
Admitting that "hunger and internal confusion as aids in breaking the Russian resistance" were unpredictable elements, the Germans undertook a heavy and lengthy bombardment of the city. All day long-range Nazi cannon, skulking in ash-colored Karelian soil, cracked high explosives into Leningrad's defenses. All night the...
He didn't want to leave this life, he wasn't ready to leave yet. There was something about getting back to ivy-covered halls and the usual confusion about study cards, registration and first class meetings which stirred his indifference and made him wish that this was the way...