Word: explains
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...government rolled into its second day of partial paralysis, Gingrich began showing signs of strain. Pressed by reporters at a Wednesday breakfast to explain why he was so convinced that a seven-year timetable was the right one for balancing the budget, the Speaker offered a one-word response: "Intuition.'' (This was a sharp contrast to his reasoned response to the same question by Time last September, when he explained that he'd settled on that time frame after consulting with former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, banker Pete Peterson and others.) Then he devoted much of the remaining time...
...explain it to any of you," said Edward softly. And then they changed the subject; they spoke of the neighbors and the Pope's visit to America...
...students seems to be the last consideration. Two weeks ago Judith Kidd was appointed assistant dean of the College for public service and director of Phillips Brooks House (PBH), a move which baffled not just PBH volunteers but students all over campus. No one seems to be able to explain why the jobs of two accomplished public service promoters, Greg Johnson '72 and Gail Epstein, had to be merged into one and handed to the person students involved in the search overwhelmingly said was the least qualified of all the candidates...
...credibility by talking tough. Early this week he plans to deliver a speech to the centrist Democratic Leadership Council focusing on the "values" that he promises are nonnegotiable in any effort to balance the budget. He will also give an Oval Office address or hold a press conference to explain why the government is shutting down. The message will be that the President is standing tall. Warily, Democrats in Congress will be watching to see how long that posture lasts...
...people known to have received transfusions of the man's tainted blood has come down with AIDS. More telling still, the donor, a sexually active homosexual, is also healthy. In fact his immune system remains as robust as if he had never tangled with HIV at all. What could explain such unexpected good fortune...