Word: explains
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...justify their different stances toward the authoritarian government the U.S. has decided to embrace as a partner in trade (China) and the authoritarian government the U.S. has not (Cuba). What complex axiom of foreign policy justifies this hypocrisy? Economic expedience perhaps, but certainly not moral conviction. The administration must explain the discrepancy between its two contrasting policies not just so that it can avoid the embarrassment of a hostile international community, but more importantly, because it is the promise of American democracy to aim higher than our neighbors' low criterion of convenience...
Value makes us happy, but not at the expense of quality or prestige. This insight afforded us through the study of Price Club might explain the unbelieveable success of a similar institution, Potomac Mills Mall, which may very well be the largest outlet mall on the East Coast...
...used book market is in December and January, when we take finals. Professors haven't determined syllabi for next semester at that time either. By the time the Coop can get in the game and we want to sell back our books, as those Ec majors can explain, it's just not the time for the Coop to buy and us to sell. Mr. Montgomery sighed into the phone, "Harvard's very unique." Between shopping for classes and our unique calendar it's not easy to accommodate our myriad needs and still have the best prices...
...than once, and it's even questionable as to whether a nonconformist is wearing sheep's clothing. Rather than dwelling on that grown-up paradox, think of childhood, when the behavioral variations weren't quite so polar. That such a diversity of functioning in childhood exists may help to explain childhood cruelty--a cruelty that attempts to set standardized conventions, leaving no room for dissent...
...there's a catch. When I push further about the nature of the Bee's involvement, Barenbaum clarifies: the Bee is an "honorary member," she says, not terribly eager to explain what such status entails...