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Word: puzzlement (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that he had not always been right in the past. At one point, he said: "I don't believe the military has ever solved an international problem, nor will. It just expands, perpetuates and breeds hate and suspicion." When a Senator asked a puzzler, Wedemeyer would admit to puzzlement. "Senator," he told Oregon's Wayne Morse in one exchange, "that is a good question-you are asking damned good ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Big Brain | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

...creative job. Although she got off to a slow start, she warmed up to her role in the later acts and succeeded quite nicely in fulfilling the requirements of a Henry James grand fence. John Mannich was amusing as Captain Prime. His friendly sheepishness and flashes of puzzlement at his plight were fun to watch...

Author: By Roy M. Goodman, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 5/6/1950 | See Source »

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