Word: explained
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Countryman said yesterday that he is not certain whether the Attorney General will let the SACB die. He must either revive the SACB by June 30, or explain to Congress why he has not done so. Countryman said he expects "severe pressure" on the Attorney General from the supporters of the SACB, but expressed hope that the pressure will fail...
...after Paleontologist Colbert's identification, the burden is on them to explain how a fresh-water amphibian swam through hundreds of miles of saltwater ocean to reach Antarctica and die at the bottom of a stream only 325 miles from the South Pole...
Unexpected verged on inexplicable as hot teams suddenly turned frigid, or sure losers suddenly won. How to explain, for example, the Canadiens' 21 games with only one loss-followed by three losses and a tie? Who could have predicted that the Bruins would win six out of seven with All-Star Defenseman Bobby Orr sidelined? And how about the Rangers, those longtime patsies? Last week they had a Stanley Cup play-off berth all sewed up, and were within striking distance of winning the N.H.L. championship-for the first time in 26 years...
...Okinawa that in effect provides reserves for Viet Nam. On that bloody ground, the Army currently has 333,000 men, the Marines 83,000. Clearly, any further thinning of force strengths across the world would leave the U.S. open to possible Communist flanking thrusts-which helps to explain Lyndon Johnson's dilemma...
Dean Watson said he was pleased with the HUC plan but that the HUC would have to explain some "obscure" points more fully...