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con·founds
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of confounds in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
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The numerical value of confounds in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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Anne Louise Germaine de Staël:
Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.
Our study is by far the largest investigation of the topic, it uses a general population sample, and it controls for more confounds than before. As such, it provides overwhelmingly more evidence than any previous investigations and gets us closer to settling the debate.
But the one thing that confounds me is the lack of planning, the lack of execution by this administration in withdrawing these forces, general Jack Keane has talked about why did we do this during the height of fighting season, why do seemingly have no plan in place for tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands, who helped us over the last 20 years. I also hear reports we have duel citizens -- dual citizens, American citizens who are potentially still there. It looks chaotic, it looks mismanaged, and the things that’s concerning to me is that this administration looks caught by surprise.
As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself.
William Shakespeare, "Macbeth", Act 2 scene 2:
The attempt and not the deed Confounds us.
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