Uncertainty Shifts to China

But observers remain puzzled.

The British, too, seem to be regarding the French with some perplexity.

Political indecision in some quarters is making matters worse.

The entire Israeli political spectrum was thrown into confusion.

Though it all sounded straightforward, markets were confused.

Mainstream megabanks are puzzling in many respects.

I listened with some perplexity, and even real sadness, to the two statements made by Mr. Cović.

NEWPORT BEACH Central bank purists are confused. How can the European Central Bank, a Germanic institution, now be in the business of buying government bonds issued by five of its 17 members?

The mechanisms underlying this political unpredictability are not unique to the Arab world.

As they had already voiced their general support for the non paper, he was somewhat perplexed.

Precisely because gays seem so accepted, the arrests sent a disturbing message.

Some of the comparatively milder reactions on social media express confusion and hesitation toward the announcement.

Part of the confusion lies in Putin s skillful political positioning.

That a small centrist party may now get the courts to postpone the election merely adds to the usual confusion.

Many Turks who go to the US for the first time are puzzled, indeed, by its religiosity .

But selective responses to the actions of dictatorships can be problematic and counterproductive.

But what they see confounds them, because Germany is openly refusing to lead.

Importantly, those with a religious background are as clueless or incoherent as atheists.

It was a weekend of carefree play while breaking away from imposed and self imposed stereotypes, confusion, control, and judgement.

But this idea has created confusion among Brazil s trading partners and investors, and does not appear to be making headway.

Japanese businessmen may be a little puzzled by the creative chaos of India the argumentative culture can seem alien to them.

In 2006, Holden Karnofsky and Elie Hassenfeld faced the question of which charity would make the best use of their money.

The lack of vigorous growth is all the more bewildering in view of Latin America's many advantages and social successes.

The decision, reached in less than 24 hours, left many Ivorians flabbergasted.

Indeed, China s strategists are frequently puzzled by the lack of balancing that takes place against the US in the region.

On the contrary, they are puzzled about why we view the current low level of US long term interest rates as worrisome.

Many senior Americans were puzzled that Turkey, a long standing NATO ally and a secular state, refused to allow American forces to use Turkey as a base to invade Iraq.

In the process, markets take investors on a wild rollercoaster ride, with the European crisis (riddled with even more confusion and volatility) serving to aggravate their queasiness.

A host of arguments and proposals is in play, often competing with one another and thus inciting public and political confusion.

Yet this seems to be the distinctive operating style of Kirchnerism, torn between an elite born and raised in Patagonia, a few close allies, and everybody else.

Freedom from faith and tradition has not always led to greater contentment, but, on the contrary, to widespread bewilderment, fear, and resentment.

There is always some monopoly power, insiders have more information than outsiders, ignorance and uncertainty are pervasive, and expectations are frequently disappointed.

A million men march to demand the fall of Ganzouri's cabinet read the official newspaper of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP, affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood) after events that have left the Egyptian population baffled.

Agreement on that concept would help the Commission to avoid further confusion on the action to be taken by States wishing to protect their nationals.

it had been opened by various puzzled customs and postal employees who, at a loss, defined the product in writing as containing an unknown red liquid and awaited my description.

And, while domestic problems may seem intractable, distance increases the confusion and fatigue induced by seemingly intractable international problems.

With Nobel prize winning economists on both sides of the current debate about how to solve the unemployment problem, the public is rightly confused.

Until 602, the desert frontier of the Persian Empire had been guarded by the Arab Lakhmid kings of Al Hirah, who were themselves Arabs but who ruled a settled buffer state subject to Persia.

A discussion thread on the case on Tianya, a popular Chinese Internet portal, was soon flooded with comments expressing bafflement and outrage at the verdict.

It seemed to be simply a question of self understanding and not an official designation, and surely the confusing or offending elements in a group's choice of name could be elucidated in the free marketplace of ideas

The mechanisms underlying this political unpredictability are not unique to the Arab world. Unforeseen uprisings are possible wherever repression keeps people from expressing their political preferences openly.

When Our messages were read out to them , they said We have heard . We could certainly compose ( writings ) like them if we choose .

And when Our verses are recited to them they say , Yes , we have heard if we wanted we could also say something like this these are nothing but stories of former people !

And When Our signs were being recited to them , they said , ' We have already heard if we wished , we could say the like of this this is naught but the fairy tales of the ancients . '