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Even then, interest is limited, not least because the rows in Northern Ireland tend to be about flags, marching and other things that baffle the rest of the country.
The 1977 swansong of surrealist maestro Luis Buñuel, That Obscure Object of Desire, was beaten by a French film rarely mentioned today, Madame Rosa – perhaps because the latter didn't baffle voters by having two actresses play one part.
In the words of a former Soviet military intelligence officer, Boris Volodarsky, the current job of the Kamera – originally set up by Stalin in 1921 – is to devise "poisonous biological and chemical agents" that will kill or incapacitate their victims in such a way as to make the "death or illness appear natural, or at least to produce symptoms that will baffle doctors and forensic investigators".
Democrats had hoped that Republicans would pick Mr Broun, who accuses Mr Obama of wanting to uphold the Soviet constitution one of several remarks that might baffle swing voters.In Kentucky Matt Bevin, another political novice, challenged Mr McConnell from the right.
Indeed, in the political transformation of Myanmar that continues both to baffle and amaze, the rise of parliament is one of the more surprising features.
His company, EverSealed Windows, based in Colorado, has patented a metal baffle bonded to both sheets of glass that allows them to expand and contract separately, while maintaining a vacuum that he says will last for decades.
SIR — Your otherwise well-reasoned and enjoyable paper's knee-jerk commitment to abortion on demand continues to baffle me, and it is a blind spot that steers you into all kinds of hypocritical silliness.
THE baroque wrangling of international trade disputes can baffle the untutored eye.
That may be bad news for anybody relying on shares for their retirement nest-egg, even if it comforts those bothered by the stockmarket's ability to baffle economic theory.*"The Equity Premium".
As a general point, Mr Douthat is right about this, but the curious thing is that the actual problem currently threatening to sink Obamacare does not appear to be an example of this particular issue.Mr Douthat's basic point is spot-on: "liberals' proudest achievement, the modern welfare state, tends to resist, corrupt and baffle their efforts at comprehensive reform".
The first effect was to baffle and dismay the financial markets.
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The word "baffle" primarily functions as a transitive verb , requiring an object. It also functions as a noun , referring to a device that controls or impedes the flow of something, such as sound or light. Ludwig AI's examples from various sources confirm its versatile use.
Expression frequency: Very common
