Word: explains
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Critics of incremental reform explain that health care contrasts sharply with most legislative issues because it does not easily submit to the go-slow, split-the-difference culture of Congress. Senator Patty Murray, the Washington State Democrat, compares the process to "putting a 10-m.p.h. speed limit on ambulances -- it's costly, and it's dangerous...
...USAir 427, and there were few early clues. Though the black box of voice recordings from the crew was recovered, it revealed only uninformative cries of "Oh, God" and "Oh, s---" and the words "traffic emergency" followed by a scream. "We're all very much at a loss to explain this accident," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Federico Pena, who hurried to the scene...
...interested, though, Mike Giardi '94 quarterbacked the team last year and will happily explain it to you, if you have a spare week...
Haggerty's concept of "interchangeability" can be used to explain the mindset of the whole team this season. The Crimson is coming into the year confident that it can win Heps and ready to prove it. The team's training schedule this season has been intense: individual training all summer and two-a-day team workouts since September...
Though every congressional contest has its own issues, the problems of the Democrat in Chief help explain why candidates lower down find themselves breathing hard to keep ahead in races that should be easy wins, including Kerrey's in Nebraska and Senator Ted Kennedy's in Massachusetts. Moreover, departing Democrats far outnumber Republicans among the unusually large number of lawmakers who are retiring this year. Given the advantages in campaign money that incumbents enjoy, each retirement creates an opportunity for the other side to romp through a more level playing field. With victory a real possibility in more districts, Republicans...