Likewise, it has some lively vocabulary, a few twisty clues, and none of that confounded obscurity — all a plus.
But then I found writing to be a means to face the things that confounded and scared me, in a way that was bearable, a way to try and make order when so much felt out of control.
Like Trotsky he was a communist intellectual and second in command of a revolution that confounded political theory.
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.
Sampras unveiled a backhand that has betrayed him this season and pulled out a few service returns that confounded Rafter.
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).
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.
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.
