But to be among those referred by the Mets' owners, one had to agree to odd and puzzling terms that restricted direct contact with or questioning of Mr. Madoff.
(Maybe that last segment was an elaborate prank? That was one very puzzling choice, in terms of spokespersons -- the strangest I've seen in a while).
The puzzling result in terms of immune mechanism is the dramatic effect of the presence of gD-1 on the Ab response.
Again, the terms are puzzling.
When I arrived, the tasting room, a sunny space with white-stone walls and spindly cast-iron chandeliers, was full of tourists mispronouncing "claret" and puzzling over even stranger terms like gewürtztraminer and viognier.
However, a puzzling clinical syndrome, initially termed 'benign infantile mitochondrial myopathy due to reversible cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency' stands out by showing complete (or almost complete) spontaneous recovery (DiMauro et al., 1981).
The only reason we do not find the term "secular Jew" puzzling is because we appreciate that Judaism is both an ethnic and a religious category.
Why it's nominated and not, say, the more mournful yet communal spiritual from "12 Years a Slave," or Stanfield's aforementioned heart-wrenching rap from "Short Term 12," is puzzling, but it's not impossible to form a plausible theory.
