Word: explains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tracing his associations to stories of his childhood and mythology, he was able to explain how the particular symbols chosen could create the emotional tone surrounding the disaster of a fire...
...Egypt's three invaders, only Ben-Gurion refused to pull his forces out of Egypt after receiving Bulganin's get-out-of-Egypt-or-else message. Now, hours after his speech, Israeli intelligence brought report of 40 Soviet-manned MIGs arriving in Syria. Though Russia might explain that its deal with Syria was strictly commercial, like the sale of arms to Egypt, Bulganin's threat-to Israel and to peace in general-was very real...
...back the 135 miles to home lofts in Tucson, but only five birds made it. No one knows what happened to the other 104. Said Member Tracy Prater, onetime Army pigeoneer: "Every club has a 'smash' race once in a while, but that is nothing to explain our troubles in the last two weeks...
This was not an isolated case, for several other boys were also summoned to explain their criticisms. K. Roald Bergethon, dean of the college, explained that he called up two or three boys last year for various reasons, but "not primarily because they wrote a critical letter." He said he was mainly interested in finding out exactly what the complaint was so he could understand it better. Labovitz agreed that Bergethon seemed sincerely interested in solving problems, but he criticized the other deans for "rapping him (Labovitz) on the knuckles." At any rate, a dean would have to be somewhat...
...supposing that alcohol and poverty explain Jett Rink, Hollywood unconsciously proves its point: Jett Rink cannot exist in America--he is not sure of himself, he has strange ways, he is not open. So Hollywood must wash him out. But the film's treatment of Jett is no worse than America's. America would marry Jett Rink, absorb him (and his money)--until he was domesticated and merely nouveau riche...