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My parents had read about this parlor game in a magazine, how girls across the country were being stumped by the answer.

Bush had famously been stumped by the same question at the end of his first term, saying he could not think of any.

It was the only one that momentarily stumped me for an appropriate answer.

Powdered root of what to an infusion of what ? Harry glanced at Ron, who looked as stumped as he was; Hermione's hand had shot into the air.

If you're still stumped, use the Template discussion boards to ask fellow users for advice.

Having proved his point, Dr Wittlinger returned both stumped and stilted ants to the nest and gave them a few days to recover.

But he was still stumped by extremely sincere, well? meaning people who insisted they had seen something strange in the sky.

The local constabulary has been stumped as of late with the frequent disappearance of small mechanical devices around the city.

The government let foreigners decide what to invest in, and then stumped up a hefty share of the money required.

It would, he said, most likely be stumped, simply because it wouldn't understand the linguistic construction in the second half of the clue.

She uses her surprising analytical acumen to solve mysteries that have stumped the police.

He was stumped by the question and remained tongue-tied for a good while.

Wang was stumped, and therein lies a problem for Chinese authorities anxious to avoid a doping scandal during the Olympics.

Honest, to tell the truth, I'm about stumped.

As someone who has prided himself on being able to reduce complex problems to simple messages, I am totally stumped by derivatives.

He dismounted with difficulty, because his knee was stiff, and, slipping the reins over his arm, stumped toward her.

So you want to do something special for your beloved, but you're stumped for ideas.

Quick-witted as he was, he was stumped by this question.

Off Stumped voices similar concerns about government inaction and apathy. Cynical Indian emphasizes that people need to be more vigilant.

The president stumped for Republican candidates.

Instead she stumped up Rmb100 and made a further private donation after work.

If you find yourself increasing stumped, give a couple of these a try.

Still stumped, she browses an online thesaurus. She studies the Pine River Web site for the umpteenth time.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, hoping to become the first female speaker, stumped for Democratic challengers in the left-leaning Northeast.

He stumped up $5 after being persuaded the money would be used well.

We have more experts but less problems solved; with more medication consumed, our wellness stumped.

Education chiefs were stumped by some of the exam questions.

Scientists were stumped because migrating swarms normally come down to rest every night.

After knowing the news, he stumped along the river.

The idea was to install a friendly president who could securebauxite and diamond mines, if Mr Saxena stumped up $10m.

Some paid for their digital darlings with virtual credits won in the game, but others stumped up over $5 a time for their beaux.

Detectives are stumped for a reason for the attack.

All the examination candidates were stumped by the second question.

When it came to Anna he was stumped . What would he present to her ?

Li is almost stumped, but says she uses one "when I have to sign the back of my new credit card" . "That? s almost all, " she says.

But Rosetta@home was getting stumped by puzzles that Baker thought humans, with their superior spatial reasoning, would solve easily.

She was frowning, apparently stumped on a word.

But since then, scientists have been stumped about how they got there.

Galileo first spotted Saturn's rings 400 years ago. But since then, scientists have been stumped about how they got there.

This woman stumped the others who were defending relative truth and relative morality when she asked, In what situation is rape okay?

Beyond that, researchers are generally stumped.

It's no surprise that your doctors are stumped because there are no scientific studies on treating this unpleasant sensation.

I was stumped. Where was the distracted father?

The fisherman was stumped by the question and remained tonguetied for a long time.

But he was stumped by the gloomy profundities of Loch Ness.

After Apple started selling its tablet in April, early adopters were stumped on how to easily hold and transport the glass-screen gadget.

If you get stumped, check the software's home page for links to resources such as an IRC channel, a newsgroup, a mailing list, or an FAQ.

He stumped out in fury.

The last question on the exam stumped me.

Problem: Who can solve this scientific problem that's got us stumped?

One last question that stumped me, and halted my writing: How large is the space of possible ways of thinking?

Stumped about what to do for a school assignment?

All of David's classmates are completely stumped ---no one can work out how he became a top student overnight.

Here, Dr Dietl and Dr Hendricks, like many others before them, admit they are stumped.

Everybody was stumped by the problem.

It's an age-old puzzle that's stumped generations of scientists.

I was stumped. The information was not anywhere in the textbooks.

Even when an engineer at NASA translated it, the World War II veteran was stumped.

Our company was stumped by the problem of technical.

He was stumped for words in which to reply.

But he was stumped when asked to name Britain's leader.

He sends his teacher E-mail when he is stumped.

And if you really get stumped, you can use my ice-cream example.

But he was stumped by one question.

For two months I ran workshops, but nothing helped. I was stumped.

That question stumped her.

But when it came to tackling today's shrinking job market, I was stumped.

The cutbacks have some administrators stumped.

So he stumped every working day for almost 25 years to build a name for himself.

I didn't want to admit that I was stumped, so finally I just took a guess.

Although their donations to the campaign proper were limited to $137, 500 by law, they stumped up $6. 4m for Restore Our Future.

We all stumped up $ 1 for his present.

He stumped angrily out of the room.

If you're stumped, you're not alone.

otherwise, you might suddenly find yourself stumped on how to start the 2nd movement!

Turn to these 30 sites when you're stumped.

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Stumped for ideas? Here's a 12-month agenda.

Something about you stumped him that night, that's why your're famous.

While figuring out what women want has stumped men for centuries, understanding how they think about sex may have just gotten easier.

In China, I was stumped as to how you'd even ask that question.

Former President Bill Clinton stumped for Democratic candidate Creigh Deeds in Virginia's governor race,

Technique on High Stumped Grafting of Orange

Voodoo Magic May Be Stumped by Bird Flu

you ' ll sure have her stumped if you go for the punt

you ' ve got me stumped ; i don ' t know the answer