Like Trotsky he was a communist intellectual and second in command of a revolution that confounded political theory.
Sampras unveiled a backhand that has betrayed him this season and pulled out a few service returns that confounded Rafter.
Their songs often alternate between contrasting sections, with sudden shifts in tempo and meter that confounded would-be dancers.
The Doctrine of Nonobviousness is the current solution to the problem that confounded Jefferson: how to define invention.
They returned with "Here Comes," a mixed-media show that confounded even Fletcher, a champion of young art.
Now he is confronting the same obstacle that confounded Mr. Mitchell and prompted him to start looking for another job in the days before he died.
Among the commentaries, one by Max Hastings in the Mail - headlined "The day that confounded doomsayers like me", stood out because it reflected the views of the many pessimists (who also happen not to be sports fans).
Once the confusions were cleared away that confounded duration with extension, succession with simultaneity, and quality with quantity, he maintained that the objections to human liberty made in the name of scientific determinism could be seen to be baseless.
With the Islanders sitting on a 4-3 lead in the third period, Referee Kevin Pollock called goaltender Wade Flaherty for hooking Tie Domi behind the net, a penalty that confounded Goring and the crowd of 8,751 at Nassau Coliseum.
Yvonne, the bovine runaway that confounded German authorities and tickled the funny bone of the international press, was back on the farm on Friday after three months of evading capture in a Bavarian forest.
However, the creation of the Nintendo DS almost happened in reverse compared to the Game Boy, as the dual screen functionality was something that confounded people at Nintendo when it was suggested.
