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Word: confusionism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Today, says Teague, "... We find ourselves at the end of a long term that has been very much like war: a century and a half of turmoil and confusion, suffering and bleak unloveliness, a turbulent period filled with the unhappiness that is inevitable when basic readjustments of human living are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Bathroom Beautiful | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

Score was computed on a basis of total times of the best fourteen on each side. On account of the bad conditions it was particularly hard to time accurately and as a result considerable confusion prevailed.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Edges Dartmouth by 50 Second Margin in Slalom | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

The confusion apparently occurred because Marvin booked La Guardia through his secretary, while Burlingham signed up the Mayor in person.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: La Guardia Will Speak Twice At Meetings Tomorrow Night | 4/10/1940 | See Source »

Under the benign gaze of a life-size statue of Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, the marquee of Angelus Temple in Los Angeles billed: "'Confusion Say' Vividly Illustrated."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 8, 1940 | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

A mouse in a labyrinth could not be more confused than many a voteful Wisconsin citizen, thus confronted with a dizzying array of blanks for his X. But out of Wisconsin's confusion the U. S. hoped to make a pattern of political sense.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Wisconsin Primaries | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

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