Word: explains
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Several first-year students who attended the event were disappointed that Harvard's new president didn't make an appearance, and many said they were upset because officials could not explain his absence...
During the confirmation hearings for the last Supreme Court nominee, Justice David H. Souter '61, some observers expected that he would have trouble being approved if he did not explain his stance on crucial issues such as abortion, a view that proved erroneous when the evasive Souter was easily confirmed. Still, several law students insisted that Thomas should not be confirmed if he does not divulge his views on the variety of issues on which the Senate questions...
...inspiring cheer notwithstanding, we lost out on having our names engraved on a bit of Harvard history. We lost the Hunt by a distance that is immeasurably small. A distance that I have only evoked once--to explain to my roommates how close I was to going to Brown. "You know," I asked them, "when you hold your thumb and index finger really close together, and you peek through the crack, and pretty soon it looks like they're touching, but they're not really...
...founder/president of The National Anxiety Center, a watchdog organization dedicated to ferreting out cases of "the media scaring the hell out of people with stories about doomsday asteroids and poisoned apples and global warning." (If you're a little hazy on the concept, like I am, Caruba will explain it tonight on the Ron Reagan Show...
...Minority Party, Brown introduces ordinary citizens whose hopes, fears and prejudices explain much about today's politics. We hear from two skilled hardhats who get along well on the job and whose life-styles would indicate similar political views. But Justin Darr, a white defector from the Democrats, objects to intrusive government programs. Howard Jeffers, who is black, remains loyal to the party he sees as protecting the little guy. Brown points out that when the Democratic National Committee sponsored a massive opinion survey in 1985, seeking ways to recapture voters like Darr, the results were suppressed for fear...