Word: explained
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...unmistakably sexist in excluding women from the Church hierarchy. Curtly dismissing her question as outside the sphere of the evening's discussion, the Cardinal fielded another question; then he called on me. I brought up the apparent inconsistencies I was observing throughout his talk. Then I asked him to explain how, if the Church is interested in peace and equality and wants to see an end to prejudice and discrimination, can Catholic Church leaders fail to see the clear links between racism, anti-semitism and homophobia...
Anyway I got 5 hours to kill, so I figure I could read da article and have my roommate explain the parts to me I couldn't figger out. I read it right, but theirs a lot of big words and it was just too long for me and too boring, so I just went to sleep...
...given." Seaver has no difficulty seeing the order in Gooden's pitching. "It's a lot more than natural, believe me," he says. "Let him have some time to find the words for it. It's enough for him to do these things at 21, he can explain them later." It has occurred to Gooden to ask himself, "Are you really this good?" But the answer is classified. "You shouldn't dwell on that," he says. "It can scare you." With no declared goals except to "stay hungry," Gooden pledges, "I'll never say I'm satisfied. I can still...
...commentary was used more sparingly, and some of the people "on a lower level" on the CBS Evening News were happy to have more time for news items. To Moyers, this is a mistake. Instead of one more snippet of news, he believes, the public wants some attempts to explain and clarify events. That was the tradition at CBS, exemplified in the old days by Eric Sevareid, who with handsome furrowed face gravely discoursed on matters grave. Sevareid gave Moyers two pieces of advice: "Appear regularly, and choose your own subjects." Regularity, Moyers agrees, is necessary to establish an acceptable...
...during the entire crisis," said one White House staffer. "That would only have increased the burden and would have caused more tension." Poindexter speculated that Kelso would launch his counterattack at night. At the White House, Don Regan was edgy. He called Weinberger and Crowe to come over and explain the delay. Their response was the same as Poindexter's: wait until dark...