Word: explainer
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...eight, a devious coach whipped a baseball at my head. The force of the pitch knocked me to the ground and changed me forever. No, I didn’t lose brain cells from the trauma. And no, it doesn’t explain my huge nose. Instead, I learned that athletes are simply wicked people...
...increased friskiness doesn't necessarily mean the French are happier and better adjusted in the sack. Nearly 36% of French women say they've suffered "frequent or occasion" sexual dysfunction in the past year of their lives, while just over 21% of French men declared the same. That may explain why an estimated 500,000 patients in France visit sex counselors. But the study shows that some enduring French sexual myths are in fact without foundation, particularly the traditional contention of French men that their naturally larger sexual appetites give them grounds to fool around more. French women, it turns...
...freeze may explain why Bout was willing to stick his neck out for new business. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) sting operation came together relatively quickly. According to the charging documents filed with the Southern District of New York, a confidential source working for the DEA emailed an associate of Bout in November to arrange for an arms shipment FARC. Using the code words "farming equipment" in the emails, Bout's intermediary allegedly planned for 100 Russian-made Ingla surface-to-air missiles to be air-dropped into FARC territory inside Colombia. After meetings in Curacao, Copenhagen...
...nature of - and I'm not trying to parody it - it's of the nature of, "John Robinson hit .396 after the sixth inning this year." You know, as if he had an ability to hit after the sixth inning. It's virtually impossible to explain how such a thing happens. Looking at the data, you would just say, "it's a data glitch, so what?" That sort of small sample data glitch tends to dominate television broadcasts sometimes, and very often the fan information sections at the ballpark...
...Secretary of State tried to explain the difficulties facing this round of peace talks: "We are three months into trying to resolve a conflict that has been going on for 50 years." In the Middle East, it's not just the fighting that's cyclical; it's also the desperate chase for an improbable resolution...