Word: explaining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...your readers to explain how Freedom House arrived at its conclusion for such wildly varying estimates of political rights...
...White House liaison man came rushing in to explain that the car had been at the wrong spot and now was ready. He added, "The President is waiting...
These differences help explain the bitter quarreling that broke out among B.C.O.A. members after the United Mine Workers voted down their contract offer two weeks ago. The association is dominated by its biggest members, and many of the small owners complain that the B.C.O.A.'S initial hard-line approach to the bargaining was set by large operators who wanted to break the union. Said the owner of a tiny mine in western Pennsylvania: "The big boys ran the B.C.O.A. show, no matter what we thought. They realized that [U.M.W. President] Arnold Miller was weak and a little dumb...
...Doctors explain that, compared with a difficult forceps delivery, in which the baby's soft skull may be squeezed and the brain damaged, a caesarean is far more likely to produce healthy youngsters. Improved monitoring techniques also favor surgery. Because machines can reveal almost instantly if the baby's heartbeat or position in the womb is abnormal, many doctors now automatically take the caesarean route when difficulties are encountered. As a result, risky breech births-in which the baby's head is not pointing downward and must be manipulated with instruments-are easily avoided...
Berlinguer moved swiftly to explain how he could support such measures. At a conference of 10,000 trade unionists in Naples, he announced that the Communists "must take on the burden of all the heavy problems to resolve the country's crisis if they are to be a national governing force." He cautioned the faithful to brace for austerity and labor moderation...