Word: explaining
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...propaganda piffle which surrounded it, was bound to baffle almost anyone in or out of this world. Even such worldlings as the U.S. Embassy staff in Paris were confused-Ambassador Jefferson Caffery last week found it necessary to summon them all to a special briefing session. How could you explain the situation to a plain American, or a Frenchman-or to a man from Mars? The situation was really sublimely simple...
...Power & Peace. How could you explain to a Martian (or to an American or a Frenchman) that Stalin's statement was no more a gesture for peace than Adolf Hitler's promises, repeated after each new conquest, that henceforth he would behave? Of some 20 major agreements concluded between Soviet Russia and the U.S., Moscow has broken nearly all (except the military wartime agreements), from the settlement establishing diplomatic relations (wherein Moscow promised to stop supporting U.S. Communism) down to the Potsdam pact (wherein Moscow promised to treat Germany as an economic unit...
...overly literary simile ends right there, however. You don't have to look for a Pied Piper to explain this exodus. All you have to do is leaf through the calendar, and let your eyes light on May 29. What does it suggest...
...thousands who went out of their way for a glimpse could clearly explain what attracted them. A red-faced working woman, carrying her shopping bag, had the truest answer. "Look at them," she said. "How young and happy and well-bred they are. C'est du baume pour le coeur-it does your heart good...
Crestfallen Bobby, his pro crown askew, tried to explain Kramer: "He's the best I have ever played against . . . Now, I'm supposed to be a smart player, but I still haven't been able to figure out where he is going to serve. He keeps me off balance ... I have had plenty of time to study Kramer's game and I know I have it analyzed. The question is to cope with...