Word: puzzlement
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...used to obliquity. But this, to quote the King of Siam, 'tis a puzzlement. And when you're trying to get business managers to make plans for a recovery (and to make those desperately needed capitol outlays just as soon as they can possibly stomach) you don't give them a mixed-signals migraine...
...vehicle offices by letting us pay routine fines and fees via the Internet. The company attracted giddy amounts of venture capital, employed 200 people at its height and went belly up inside of two years. This gripping documentary doesn't exactly say what went wrong, but the pain and puzzlement of its principals as things inexorably fall apart is palpable and saddening...
...seen through the eyes of presidential aide Kenny O'Donnell (Costner), it is still a suspenseful tale. Well acted too, especially by Costner, and Greenwood as John F. Kennedy. The players don't particularly look like their historical models, but they make us feel their life-threatening pain and puzzlement...
...That pervasive inconsistency may prove to be more than a source of academic puzzlement; it risks compromising the physical and mental well-being of the nation's youth. According to a study released this week by the nonprofit Urban Institute, America's boys and young men are confused and uninformed about what constitutes sexually risky behavior. Young people, it seems, understand that sex can lead to pregnancy, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases - but aren't quite so sure what precautions to take when they engage in the sexual acts that are often substitutes for or precursors to actual intercourse...
...seen through the eyes of presidential aide Kenny O'Donnell (Costner), it is still a suspenseful tale. Well acted too, especially by Costner and Greenwood as John F. Kennedy. The players don't particularly look like their historical models, but they make us feel their life-threatening pain and puzzlement...