Word: explains
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Mattson, a surgeon and onetime footballer at the University of Washington, said to be comfortably off but not wealthy, was unable to explain what the kidnapper meant when he declared he had "put a lot of money into" the $50,000 Mattson home...
...Three investigations immediately began hunting the cause with little hope of success. Pilot Blom was only five miles from the emergency field at Saugus and only two ridges away from the San Fernando Valley. Apparently he either lost his way or badly misgauged his altitude. Unable to explain why he should have done either, United could only point out that it was the line's first accident in 13 months, during which it flew 125,000,000 passenger miles. Next day there were no cancellations in United planes, which flew as full as ever...
...resolution then went on to explain in a supplementary paragraph that "It is hoped than an expression of opinion by undergraduates may help to clarify the problems being faced by the Athletic Association. This report is inspired by the fact that Harvard's "Athletics for All' plan has been threatended in recent years by small total receipts and that funds for President Conant's "athletic endowment" plan have not yet been available. Further, it is the feeling of the Council that the growth of the House Plan has brought up a very perplexing problem, which has not yet been entirely...
...revolutionaries are skirmishing with English troops. She meets Riordan and they fall in love before she knows who he is. When she finds out, loyalty to her father prompts her to set a trap that almost catches him. Loyalty to Riordan then prompts her to go to him and explain what she has done. English soldiers surround his house. When he escapes, Riordan has to promise his supporters not to see her again. He keeps the promise until the night in London when he is trying to decide whether to vote for or against a compromise treaty that he knows...
Much of the play is brash and bitter. Much of it is moving-notably the scene wherein Mary tries to explain to her little daughter (Charita Bauer) how it is that Mother and Daddy can fall out of love. All of the play has sharp theatrical impact. A vast improvement on the form shown last year in her melodrama Abide With Me, Clare Boothe's The Women was received by first audiences with grateful mirth. Clever of line and deft of pace, The Women is packed with cracks which will doubtless be batted back & forth across Manhattan dinner tables...