Scarce ten minutes had passed when there seemed some confusion on board.

In the end, these particular confusions don't seem to have done the world any harm.

That is, perhaps not surprisingly, where the confusion seems to have begun.

Doyle's confusion seemed to grow, then suddenly he smiled in apparent understanding.

The real confusion, however, seems to be over why Wolf is controversial or embarrassing.

That confusion seemed to be only one of many muddles surrounding the plan.

Sometimes confusion and blankness seemed to take over but never for long.

This time, though, the confusion seems to run two ways.

This week, the political confusion seemed to bleed more than ever into the country's economic management.

But customers were unsure whether they could use one without the other, and confusion seemed to be the word of the day.