Word: puzzlements
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...independence, then abruptly invited them back when Britain upped its military rent. That hardly seemed to be Sadat's game. Perhaps even the Soviets did not know how it would all turn out. Al Ahram Editor Mohammed Hassanein Heikal, a friend of Sadat's, last week reported puzzlement in the Kremlin leadership over where the Soviets had gone wrong...
Seidensticker is also the most level-headed to Bo's cohorts, a fact which causes only more puzzlement. In Seidensticker, though. Mills has established a vivid character, one full of life and subject to life's pitfalls and successes. He is the best figure in the book. Others point up different facets of emotion, but none so fully and precisely as Seidensticker...
...course, the most revealing source of material on Dylan remains his songs. The puzzlement over his evolution from "Blowin' in the Wind" to "Lay Lady Lay" can be alleviated through an openminded listening to the music. The early songs, no matter how inspirational to the liberal conscience, represent a fairly immature psychological stage. Dylan willingly casts himself in the role of preacher or moralizing adult, a man with the answers who wished them to be heeded. He was able to do this extraordinarily well because his protests were articulate, often beautiful, and in tune with what many Americans liked...
...Fate. A measure of the puzzlement in the diplomatic community was provided by a Soviet diplomat in the U.S. Asked by a reporter about the goings on in China, he countered anxiously: "If you hear anything, you'll let me know...
...most enraging scenes in Basic Training seem, at first, incidental to the film's major themes. At their center is a scrawny private named Hickman. He's average height, has a thin, sucked-in face with no forehead to speak of; he is pasted with puzzlement, and he walks as if he doubts he can make...