Word: explains
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...slender, well-dressed woman, Benhabib is neither pretentious nor distant. The laity may not easily grasp her work, but her effort to explain the intricacies of research into the thoughts of the great theorists of moral and political philosophy is fascinating...
...Street veterans and several of Harvard's most important benefactors, have blasted the endowment's handlers in the press. In January, shortly after the latest results made headlines, Harvard Management Company (HMC) President Jack R. Meyer, the endowment's chief administrator, was called before an impatient Faculty Council to explain his performance...
...probably have to explain to more groupsof people why I can't do more things on everyfront, and that includes fundraising as well,"Rudenstine says
...military and logistical operations have often been clumsy, their public relations disastrous. Nor has American conduct been spotless in the Somalia drama. President Bush was disingenuous when he said Americans would be out by Inauguration Day. President Clinton, for his part, has failed to explain our mission thoroughly to the American people. But these failings must not cloud the importance of the mission...
...wonder a Gallup poll in July found that 54% feel their country is a snobbish, class-ridden society, 75% are convinced that the royal family lead indolent, jet-set lives, and only 3% predict that Britain will remain a world power in the next decade. Such responses may explain why, when asked if they would like to leavethe country, 47% said they would pack their bags before teatime...