Word: explains
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...more or less compelling" because those who don't join and pay the two dollar dues must explain why to the Colonel. Colonel Bostram is obviously no martinet, but the very necessity of explaining something to one's commanding officer, something he won't particularly like, is a substantial psychological block. "Why risk it for two bucks?" is the usual reaction, and the cadet joins...
Having emphasized that a systematically consistent world-scheme is not a necessary requirement for his understanding of science, Conant carries this idea to other fields of inquiry. There is no reason, he claims, to have one world hypothesis to explain all human endeavors either. We should build working hypotheses for each fragment of knowledge in order to have guides to action...
...sources of support contribute little to Fischer's broad thesis save the services of a none-too-satisfactory illustration. There is nothing, for instance, in the tragic gyrations of Vlasov's army that leads one to the all-important concept of Inertness. Nor did Fischer have to explain the expatriates' every motion to prove that, as a result of confusion rampant in the Kremlin during the invasion's initial stages, authority collapsed, taking with it all semblance of organization, resistance, and loyalty. Nothing more than enumeration of the many defections during that period, moreover, is necessary to convince readers that...
Although Miss Porritt can explain the increase, she and the library staff are having difficulty accomodating it. Since 3000 of these extra books were reserved until 5 p.m., relations between the students and the library have been considerably strained this...
...write in the full realization that a great deal of work is necessary that a paper such as yours might competently serve the University community. Discrepancies are bound to occur, granted, but this hardly serves to explain such a gross misrepresentation of the facts as appeared in last Saturday's edition. I refer to an article covering the intramural freshman football competition, won this fall by a team from Mower Hall...