Word: explaining
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard is probably paying a premium. They doa lot of things they never explain and a lot ofthings they've lost money on," Gordon said...
Jack R. Meyer, president of HMC, refused tocomment at all on the acquisition, and Harvardofficials questioned would not give details aboutthe agreement or explain the reasons behind thepurchase...
...difficulty in describing the project has become quite familiar to Merriman, who admits that it gets "a little irritating to constantly have to explain, even to people within the department, that I'm not shooting a crane or an excavator-that you're there at this performance, watching this happen." In response to those who fear that the project sounds gloomy, Merriman explains that her piece is meant to invoke a child's innocuous eagerness to grasp the concept of death rather than a morbid desire to linger on tragedy. The poignant images captured by Merriman are, in fact, quite...
...really interested in just watching people sit at their desks," she comments. "The occasional nose-picker, you know. And then there're also the people who wander around their rooms, when they think they're studying. There's a whole lot of action that you can't really explain--and everything looks different when you're only seeing part of the room and the action. Everyone looks different." For example, at an angle from above, bald spots are much more visible and can be easily exposed. For the "Currier Spectator," her experience, as a casual observer of private lives...
...recent Monday morning, I rose at 6:30 a.m. to make it in time for my 7:30 a.m. MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). Most people probably don't know exactly what MRI is, and that's good, for such ignorance indicates good health. To explain the MRI, though: it is an ultra-sensitive x-ray used to check for brain and nervous system disorders, musculoskeletal problems and cancer. I had the opportunity to encounter the MRI because of an ongoing problem with my arms that seems to be connected to the nervous system. But enough background...