Word: explains
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...patrol car they drive. "Dicky check" -- genital search for drugs, done in the open and intended to humiliate -- is what the Fury imposes on the "clockers," the young black crack sellers who retail $10 bottles of crystallized cocaine at the edge of the Roosevelt projects. Why clockers? Don't explain too much; this isn't a National Geographic special; the author leaves the title's derivation hanging...
...there is a consensus among education experts that the public school system is in desperate need of change, which helps explain why many greet Whittle's project with cautious optimism. "The important thing is that kids ) have a chance to learn," says Gregory Anrig, president of the Educational Testing Service. "If Whittle or anyone else can open up some doors, that's a good thing...
...show charts that illustrate the dimensions of the problem. It actually rivets people. But it's not the only way. It isn't just entitlements or defense or revenue or domestic programs. This thing is so big, everything has got to be on the plate, and when you explain that, it leads people to interesting conclusions...
...essential imports. Gold Fields Minerals Services, a London-based consulting firm, reported last week that in the past six months Iraq may have secretly sold off up to 50 tons of its bullion reserve, which was last reported, in 1977, to stand at 129 tons. That could explain how Saddam came up with enough hard cash to thumb his nose at a United Nations offer to let him sell $1.6 billion in oil to buy much needed food and medical products abroad...
...very complicated," Green says," There are more than 9000 endowment funds, each of which has its own set of restrictions...they come in about 12 different flavors." He goes on to explain the differences between gifts and endowment, internal and outside financing of construction projects...