Word: explains
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Kalkanis, former vice-president of the undergraduate student council, said Wilson is discerning and thoughtful, careful to explain his position without offending people, while still remaining true to his beliefs...
...easy for Ryan, who boasted in Quiet Neighbors about his access to Soviet documents, to explain how he may have missed this key evidence. Now, Ryan has backed away from his previous statements about Demjanjuk's identity--statements he made with certainty...
...Asked to explain his research to a layperson, the professor leans forward and describes his works to explain the basis of mathematical thought, the axioms from which people's understanding of mathematical theorems stem...
...that means writing about losses and mistakes with as much energy and gusto as victories or clutch plays. When the athlete errs, it's the sportswriter's responsibility to explain the "what" and "why," to dissect the moment and explain its significance. To do otherwise, to let an important--albeit unpleasant--moment pass without articulating its meaning, would deny the essence and demean the importance of the entire endeavor...
...report tries to explain the differences by noting that the percentage of money spent on women's sports 32 percent approximates the percentage of athletes who are women--35 percent. But Kleinfelder and Title IX experts say they find that argument disingenuous in part because the student body is 42 percent women and in part because recruiting and admissions largely determine the number of Harvard athletes...