Word: explains
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Commenting on Mr. Potato Head, Leno said, "Howdo we explain to people in starving countries thatwe grow food for amusement?" Leno added, "Astarving child in Biafra sees a Mr. Potato Headand says 'Oh! A potato, a potato!' You say 'No,you can't eat it-you have...
Money grubbing simply will not explain all these phenomena. False idols raise some deeper questions about the people who conceive and swear by them. Lapham understands this, but his fixation on the ruinously addling idea of riches leaves him little time for explanations or the formulation of a higher ; system of values. His diatribe eventually comes to resemble an item of the consumer culture: amusing, momentarily appealing and supererogatory...
...goal: a catch of 300 whales. U.S. Commerce Secretary William Verity immediately declared Japan in violation of its agreement to observe the moratorium. Under U.S. law, Verity may recommend that President Reagan impose trade sanctions on Japan. If that & happens, the President must either impose the sanctions or explain to Congress why such action is not warranted. Japanese officials called Verity's pronouncement "extremely regrettable" and expressed hope that the issue would not heighten tensions between the two countries, already entangled in trade disputes over products ranging from beef to semiconductors...
...refute a charismatic artist who claimed that the roofs of buildings floats--tell you that it was all an act; to have the epitome of New York neurosis--who said he saw epiphany in drinking a cup of coffee left out overnight which escaped the attention of Manhattan cockroaches--explain to you that we should all be obsessed by American dominance of the world. It was as if I was sitting on the wrong side of the table from...
...time, Thernstrom made a facetious and careless remark when he attempted to explain why more working Black women were household heads than white women, and ascribed the statistic partly to the resentment unemployed men hold for their working wives. His wording offended many, and rightfully so. But to his credit, he spent at least half of the next lecture apologizing for the remark. It was the only remark he made that could have been reasonably interpreted as offensive, and one remark cannot provide the basis for accusations of racism or insensitivity...