Word: explains
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bush has acknowledged, his attempts to explain U.S. policy have been less than brilliant. But there has been a hard core of convincing rationale in what he has said from the beginning. Immediately after Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, Bush stated that if the aggression is allowed to "stand," it will invite more such outrages around the world and give Saddam an unacceptable degree of control over the lifeblood of the world economy. (To denigrate the importance of oil with talk of "cheap gas" is itself a cheap debating tactic.) From the very day of the invasion, the explicit objective...
Minus: I am inevitably asked to talk to the child (one row ahead) and explain the importance of listening to one's parents. Once, a mother asked me to tell her daughter to drink her apple juice. "Your mom wants you to drink your apple juice," I said. "Who the hell are you?" she responded...
...when Bush abandoned his "no new taxes" pledge and deprived Republican right-wingers of their favorite issue. Then Congress rejected the deficit-reduction package negotiated by White House aides and congressional leaders. After that, the President went from bad to worse as he alternately attacked the Democrats, tried to explain his domestic policies and confronted growing doubts about the U.S. deployment in the Persian Gulf. By the time he finally signed a budget deal last week, his performance ratings in the polls had dropped 20 points...
Unfortunately, my plan was shattered. My roommate was kind enough to explain that these little colored symbols actually represented something. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that all the problems facing bisexuals, gays and lesbians could be solved by pink triangles. It is insignificant compared to my shock upon learning that all the desirable morals and values of the world are contained within a blue square...
Noserings may be more popular these days, but that doesn't mean people aren't noticing them. Students with noserings say they are often asked to explain their facial jewelry...