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Last week, Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth ’71, who had told the council that its initial plans for Web-based voting did not pass administrative muster, said he shared many students’ puzzlement about the elections...
...credibility in the Arab world. One senior Arab diplomat called Washington's policy toward the Palestinians "confused," and dismissed the idea of attacking Iraq as "ridiculous" and "disastrous." Although Arab officials welcomed Zinni's mission as a first step, the reaction to Cheney's tour ranged from puzzlement to scorn. And there is considerable anger that the administration allowed the bloodshed between Israelis and Palestinians to reach unprecedented levels before intervening, despite many months of Arab allies pleading with Washington to do something...
Since past years’ honorees have included Jackie Chan, Will Smith, Halle Berry and Matt Damon, Class of 1992, this year’s choice provoked puzzlement among students...
Well, maybe that last one isn’t quite right. It’s not exactly unqualified appreciation. More like puzzlement, or even worse, ridicule. The Band looks funny on the field, our formations are not exactly spectacular, it’s hard to hear what our announcer is saying, we don’t always sound that great, we constantly laugh at our own inside jokes and we make funny hand signals when we sing songs that most undergraduates can’t identify. We certainly don’t “march.” We?...
...Because while nature abhors a vacuum, what the financial world hates at a time like this is a puzzlement...