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Word: perplexed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Senate, Michigan's sober Arthur H. Vandenberg mulled the question that will perplex the U.S. for months to come: "What shall we say ... to govern our own American delegate when he is called upon finally to vote in respect to the use of force . . . without the constitutional concurrence of Congress? That will raise a very interesting question. ... It cannot be settled at Dumbarton Oaks. It cannot be settled by any international conference. It is nobody's business but ours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Forward Step | 9/25/1944 | See Source »

...Harvard University but by the Aeolian-Skinner Company which built it. And the Friends of the Bach Organ, an enthusiastic group of patrons, continues struggling to raise the sum that Aeolian-Skinner demands for it. As to why the University has done nothing about purchasing the organ-that should perplex no one. The Corporation just isn't interested. It will barter its birthright to acquire a new scientific instrument, or some rare species of flora for the Arnold Arboretum, but when it comes to seeing the value of a thing like the Bach Organ, which reaches hundreds of people...

Author: By Janse Barich, | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 10/30/1941 | See Source »

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