Word: explaining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unfortunately, although the authors of They Never Said It explain these circumstances, they do not really suggest that Sheridan might be lying. They may be trying for objectivity, but given the book's title, the reader is sure to conclude that Sheridan's side is the one to pick. This lack of clarity is disturbing, considering that many of the book's statements have to do with politicians like Nixon, Stalin and Lenin--that is to say, people who should not be taken at their word...
When the dust settles on the deal struck between baseball and Pete Rose, it will still be nearly impossible to explain his banishment to the kids who love the game. Rose's bargain was the work of lawyers; its contorted logic was utterly devoid of the simplicity and finality that make the game so refreshing. It was a fine-print compromise that at once allowed Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti to announce that Rose was banned from baseball for life for betting on his own team -- and Rose, an hour later in Cincinnati...
Assistant N.R.A. counsel James Warner says he only meant to describe the life of a soldier to Bennett and explain why bringing back a semiautomatic weapon "bought in good faith" is so important to G.I.s. Is Bennett going to answer Warner's letter soon? No, says Bennett's office. Is he ever going to answer Warner's letter? "Basically, the answer...
...think Tom believes there's anything on this planet that he can't do," says Carroll. But even if he never gets to test his talents in government, Clancy has already performed a national service of sorts: more than any recent popular novelist he has sought to explain the military and its moral code to civilians. Such a voice was needed, for Viet Nam had created a barrier of estrangement between America's warrior class and the nation it serves. Tom Clancy's novels may be romanticized, but they have helped bring down this wall. Not bad for a small...
...authors repeatedly refer to something called The Force, which they never really explain, but seems to have something to do with the karma of those who lived the '60s. Casale and Lerman have an annoying habit of capitalizing Things They Think Are Cute And Important...