Their statements of principle were often indistinguishable from pranks, and their work consisted largely of perplexing staged events what used to be called happenings in the American 1960s that survive only in legend and a few photographs.
The data, much of it contained in recently released Justice Department reports, underscores a reputation for chronic lawlessness on Indian reservations, where unchecked crime has for years perplexed federal agencies, which are largely responsible for public safety on Indian lands.
But yesterday, some parents whose children attend those celebrated schools, largely in well-to-do neighborhoods, said they were perplexed by the way the grades were calculated.
The article paints a picture of a man who has lived life largely sheltered from the modern world, and is now perplexed by the attention heaped upon him.
Associates of Gov. George E. Pataki, who has been largely silent on the shooting death of the unarmed man, Patrick Dorismond, said yesterday that Mr. Pataki was perplexed by the mayor's statements.
Certainly, viewers seem perplexed.
