Word: puzzlement
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...affliction is the No. 3 killer of American women, after heart disease and lung cancer. The First Lady's case underscored the importance of early detection: her tumor was discovered during an annual mammogram, which is recommended for older women. But her choice of treatment caused some consternation and puzzlement in the medical community...
...bound to be violated (as Whitehead wound up violating them) because they apply to a realm of human conduct that is biological, erratic and deeply mysterious. If Whitehead had volunteered her pregnancy as an act of generosity to the Sterns, the matter would have involved the same ambiguities, puzzlement and pain. Money made matters considerably more difficult, since money imposed a legal cast on a service not reasonably regulated by laws, not reasonably regulated at all; but all such bargains are unwise, and when they work, more is owed to luck than contracts...
...heart of every great show-business career is an enigma. No matter how manifest a performer's talent, no matter how assiduously he courts his fans, there remains a puzzlement: In a fragmented and fickle world, what accounts for enormous, enduring popularity...
This hint at sexlessness is further developed in another piece. Featuring yet another unique style, "Overture and Incidental Music for a `Midsummer Night's Dream'" develops a name in Shakespeare's play into a character, the Herm. This creature is simultaneously the source of desire and puzzlement to all the denizens of the forest--from Puck, who is a hairy, horny little bugger in Carter's fantasy, to Oberon and Titania...
...days ago, when Wirthlin had settled in between the portraits of the Roosevelts, Teddy and Franklin, he began his rundown in a soft voice, dropping figures into place to form a political mosaic. His small audience listened first in silent astonishment, then puzzlement. The news was just too good...