But for voters the morphing of Malcolm is a perplexing thing.
The perplexing thing about whiteness is it's never been a particular culture; it originates in a denial of culture which translates into the assumption that people who are too wrapped up in their culture are inferior sub-humans who deserve to be conquered, colonized, enslaved, etc.
The perplexing thing about the E.C.B.'s approach is that it's hard to see who benefits.
The perplexing thing about the cult of overwork is that, as we've known for a while, long hours diminish both productivity and quality.
This is the perplexing thing about procrastination: although it seems to involve avoiding unpleasant tasks, indulging in it generally doesn't make people happy.
The perplexing thing about this whole situation is that this article, and the resulting firestorm that has followed, is that people are acting as if this is brand new information.
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One of the slightly perplexing things about this year is … because everything is so uncertain around us, people are looking for older words looking for a bit of reassurance, and giving them new meaning," she said.
One of the perplexing things about the current state of the U.S. economy is figuring out exactly where we are now in the business cycle, which might give us some hint of how long we're going to be stuck here before things start to get better.
He also wanted me to get over my initial reaction to what, to Western audiences, would be the most distracting and perplexing things about the film: both of the lead roles, that of the girl and her school boyfriend, are played by women.
