But right now, instead of clarifying things for our kids, schools confuse them.

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But we are reluctant to give patients specific probabilities of side effects, because we have learned that such numbers confuse them.

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"We have to be careful not to confuse them with other conditions that can also cause problems in these realms like ADHD and social anxiety disorders, " he said.

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This can confuse them about what they should be learning.

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International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday urged coalition forces to change the color of the rations so that children would not confuse them with bomblets that might explode when opened.

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Another way to discourage barnacles is to confuse them.

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First, there is a huge difference between fee-only , a requirement to be part of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), and fee-based , a term created by the commisioned based world in the hopes that consumers would confuse them with truly fee-only advisors.

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Of course it'll take more listening to make a definitive call, but we don't think you can really go wrong with the Navigators as it stands, so long as your expectations are in-line with the price -- and try not to confuse them for your shades.

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In coordinated groups, the animals first cornered and then herded a massive school of herring, blowing bubbles around them to confuse the fish and make them swim tighter, until, surging through the middle of the school with mouths agape, the humpbacks boiled to the surface in a feeding frenzy.

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But the extension of directors' duties seems guaranteed to confuse, especially as some of them conflict.

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They turned left, and then right again, taking a circuitous path to confuse anyone who might be following them.

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Still, if put to use incorrectly, color can easily confuse your own readers and even lead them off from your website online.

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But the managers have sought to merge the Jones testimony with the grand jury testimony -- to confuse these two events, to blend and blur them together.

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He added that they had failed to come up with answers to simple questions about the currency and armed forces of an independent Scotland, and accused them of attempting to "obfuscate and confuse" the issue.

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