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You know, when three innocent children are killed, there's no answer, there's no logic, so there's no way to explain it anyway.

We'll go anywhere. Just to be here is so amazing. I can't even explain how we're feeling right now, and it's so special because there's not many people that get this feeling. So if I go to Bridgeport, I'll go.

We didn't come out to play, and to be honest I can't explain it. I can't understand how you can lace it up and not have any interest.

I would like to explain some of the mistakes we're making on inexperience, but I can't. Our thing all year has been mental toughness, or the lack of it. We relax before we finish our jobs. The talent is there, but for whatever reason, we're not clicking right now.

I would like to explain the end of our game against Wisconsin, but I'm still trying to figure it out.

(UW's four seniors) have never felt like this throughout our whole career here at Wisconsin. It's unbelievable. You can't explain it. This is the first time we've ever beaten Minnesota in our careers. You are just ecstatic.

We have to look at all the options and then explain to the public why we are doing this and why we are not doing this.

We have worked closely with our legislators to explain our position on this bill as have other hospitals across the state. There's strong opposition to it from both sides of the aisle.

We could never sustain anything. We just weren't ready to play. I wish I could explain it, because we haven't been ready in a lot of games lately. They were more focused, and the ball was falling for them.

We need to keep working to get our national surrogates to explain the facts - that the federal response was anemic and had been shortchanged by budget cuts and avoiding responsibilities like protecting Louisiana levees and wetlands.

I was out of breath. You can't explain this. There was something special going on tonight.

I was quite frank in trying to explain why they're so radioactive with some elements in Washington, and why some of the language they've used in the past might set off some sparks here.

The 8-year-old realizes her brother is in jail for saying yes to drugs. We have in no way let her know he faces the death penalty. That's nothing you can explain to an 8-year-old child.

The allegations that the Moroccan authorities played a role in organizing these demonstrations are alarming. We demand that the government explain why municipal vehicles were shuttling protesters and why municipal employees were organizing the crowds against the paper.

Winning the Calder Cup is something I wouldn't trade for the world. It was a great experience. I can't explain what it means to me, but when we get those rings it will be one of the most memorable nights of my life. I'll go wherever I have to go to get that.

You just have a feel. I just don't know how to explain it.

You can explain this. But people see what they want to see.

We judge off those criteria. It's not like we sit there with an open mind. We use those tools to judge so we can explain why one rider was better than the other.

We just basically got rid of a body, and how we gonna explain it. Um, you know, obviously if we thought that, you know, by burning the car it would get rid of ah, of the person completely. Um, I don't know, I don't know why.

We just blew the game, man. We blew the game. We came out soft, sluggish. I have no idea why. We just kind of came out, like ... I really can't explain it.

We need to properly explain to people they're only going to see a 7-mil increase,

That was rubbish. Two teams having a real off-day. It's difficult to explain performances like that.

That was something . . . I can't explain that, ... I'm more of an adult now. I don't do all the things I used to. I just sit back and try to talk to younger guys and give them advice.

That will have to take place through the Internet or by telephone, which will create a hardship. The way I understand it these agencies are supposed to explain how people can pay their debts outside of bankruptcy, ... And in order to file you now have to have a certification that you have completed the credit counseling.

We get all kinds of personal answers that explain why they can't be fair.

Unless you've been through a 10-day, you really don't understand. There's no way I can ever explain to Tim or Michael what it's like.

We need to explain to people what it means to be a Spartan.

We follow NCAA rules here at Texas A&M. I believe Terrence did not explain himself well. We will do all that we can, within the rules of the NCAA, to help our players be successful on the field, in the classrooms and in life.

We know there is plenty of virus there, but it's just not affecting humans, or even horses, very much and we can't explain why.

We needed to explain to him why, which we have done. As far as an apology, I believe it was necessary to prove we did the right thing.

Microsoft will have the opportunity to explain how this technical support is relevant to the March 2004 decision.

which is not to pick sides but to explain what I think is happening on the ground. I can't say, 'This is my team and I'm going to root for them no matter what they do.'

We do need to do that analysis, and we need the military to help us explain those things a bit better.

'Yogi Bear' changed my life in ways that I can't explain because it's not a full feature on me. 'Yogi Bear' - there's everything before 'Yogi Bear,' and there's everything after 'Yogi Bear.' Like a major car accident, or the birth of Christ.

We're allocating to make it better for consumers and make it easier to understand for consumers. We can put all incentives on one page and explain it. There's no fine print. There's no crazy details.

Who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons; Wise men never try

Well, beyond that, it's settled as a precedent of the court, entitled to respect under principles of stare decisis. And those principles, applied in the Casey case, explain when cases should be revisited and when they should not. And it is settled as a precedent of the court, yes.

When the ball doesn't go in, you can't explain it all the time.

We couldn't really explain it. We might have gotten a little cocky, because we were coming off such a good year and everyone was picking us to do great things. We got a little ahead of ourselves.

We have a great group of players, but this is embarrassing. There's no other way to explain the way we've played. It's embarrassing.

We're always dealing with the administration, and the typical student really isn't, so we're trying to bridge the gap and explain to them in more, I guess, casual terms the reasons for some of the rules that are in place.

We finally get it to six and we stop doing those things sometimes. I can't explain it and it comes with experience. We keep seeing what (bad) happens when we try to it another way. We have to learn.

That's the thing: once it's in their hands, it's not my book anymore, it's theirs. I have no idea what happens when they start to digest it. So when someone writes me to explain how they read it, what it was like, what they enjoyed, there's a thrill. Writers who don't make their email addresses public are missing out on something wonderful.

That was our goal, to keep them off-balance all game. We did a phenomenal job of that. I can't even explain how incredible this feels. Besides the guys in the locker room and our supporters, no one believed we could do it. To work our butts off and go through adversity and injuries all year long and have it pay off, it feels incredible.

That was a real surprise. Generic drug prices have been kept down substantially compared to previous years. I'm not sure I can explain that, but it's certainly good news for consumers and more reason than ever to switch to a generic drug if you have that option.

We've shipped a version of Office 2003 with an open format and we've expressed more commitment to the approach in our next Office releases. We feel that we're not being given enough of an opportunity to explain how openness is possible.

The real crime here is the Clinton-Gore record on drugs. He should explain why, during the Clinton-Gore administration, the number of teenagers using drugs nearly doubled.

The problem with this government is it never bothers to go round the region and explain what its doing.

The only valid thing in art is the one thing that cannot be explained, to explain away the mystery of a great painting would do irreplaceable harm, for whenever you explain or define something you substitute the explanation or the definition for the

We're playing our best ball right now, ... The way we played earlier in the year, I can't explain it, I can't defend, it was inexcusable. But somehow we turned it around. Don't ask me, because I haven't got the answer, But we're a different team today than what you saw in May and June.

There are no clear reasons and I am not going to make one up to explain the recent strengthening of Epsilon.

There is a simple, three-step way of doing things. Give the dog a simple command - just one word, no rambling on - and explain what you have done and get the result. For example, tell the dog to sit, push its rear down and then give him lots of praise when he does it. He'll get it in the end.

Yes, look, I don't think I can explain this any better to you, but we don't want to ... Well, I guess I will have to find another hospital.

We hope Al Gore uses this opportunity to explain why during his term, teen drug use in America nearly doubled, the number of drug treatment beds in federal prisons were cut by over one-third, the office of National Drug Control Policy was cut by 83 percent and federal gun prosecutions have decreased by 46 percent.

There are things that can't be explained in soccer. That's what happened against Brazil, we can't explain what went wrong.

There are things you can't explain this year -- things that are hard to swallow. My personal stats -- numbers -- they're easy to put aside if you're winning. But as a team to this point we've fallen short of our expectations, and that's what makes it tougher.

There are two re-entries fooling users this month. The Elf Bowling hoax, which has made a festive re-appearance, warns users that the game is infected with a virus and should be deleted immediately upon receipt. This hoax is essentially harmless, but serves as a reminder to companies that they should explain to employees the danger of distributing executable files. The game, while not a malicious threat, can divert employees from doing real work.

We're growing the company for the long term, and it's difficult to explain the vagaries of the market at this point in time.

We?re here tonight thinking about Cindy Sheehan and how she needs support. Perhaps the president can come out at some point and explain to her how come her son died.

When I explain it to people I tell them the decathlon is like running a marathon. You really can't get another one in. It takes a lot out of you. It takes a couple of weeks to recover.

The Protestant community is essentially quite conservative and the unionist leadership seems to have been unable to explain changes to them.

You don't raise your children by yelling at them constantly. You explain to them, If you use this device in a compromised way, you may sink the firm and lose your job and your retirement.

This would be unprecedented. I think it will be a real challenge to explain to voters a plan of this magnitude.

We are going to the Final Four. Oh man, it's an awesome feeling. I don't have words to explain it.

We didn't play real well, it was out of our the 'norm'. We couldn't buy a bucket. We couldn't get a call. We just didn't do well. I can't explain it. It just wasn't the way we usually play.

We recognize that a growing portion of our population isn't Caucasian and isn't suburban, A lot of the dads who come from different countries don't have an experience with the Boy Scouts of America, so we have to explain to the parents what we do. We're also working very hard in places like the inner city. A lot of times we have to hire a scoutmaster, maybe a college student, and pay him a stipend to lead a troop.

We are just fans of music, we are not fans of a specific kind of music. We just happen to be a rock band. Until we explain ourselves, sometimes people don't understand why we limit ourselves to just being a rock band. It's because that is what we like doing.

We play great defense in the third quarter, go into the fourth quarter and give up two scores, I can't explain it. This game was the worst exhibition of tackling at Nelson that I've seen in a long time.

We play math games, I help them with their assignments, and we just do math for about an hour. They're high-energy. They pick things up pretty quickly once you explain it to them.

We play No. 1 doubles, its up in the air still. The singles will explain some of it, but its not going to be clearer until tomorrow afternoon.

We played well, did everything to win but conceded three strange goals. It's difficult to explain this defeat. Porto were the better side, we created many chances to score. Sometimes the best team doesn't win.

We were able to sit down and explain the proposal in detail and answer and ask questions.

When a president is popular, there's a tendency to describe events describing his popularity. When the numbers are falling, you use that as a lens to explain why his popularity is diminishing.

The Democratic legislators are going to have to explain why they took out a competent, Democratic ... director purely because they are focused on getting this driver's license bill for undocumented workers. It's a prime example of Democratic lawmakers playing politics as opposed to focusing on good public policy.

We want to ask the departments of corrections and finance to explain their rationale in continuing to push for a project that continues to break the bank and doesn't make any fiscal sense,

What is their proof? ... Are they testing players, too? How do you explain that? Or have they stopped testing now? We just saw him hit five in 30 at-bats. So what's going on now? I hope that he's judged by the real baseball people when he's finished.

Well, status quo wasn't working. For whatever reason, we weren't getting the response we thought we would from the players. I try and explain myself, not just telling them what we're doing but why we're doing it and why it's going to help us long-term.

Well that's not a good idea, but that was close to reality, because my kids' real mom, Shannon Tweed ... was a former Playmate, ... It's tough for a very young child to explain to the other school kids 'yeah, mom was on the cover of Playboy and dad's this wacky rock star who has a talking codpiece and spits fire.'

Well that would be against policy unless they have some good reason for it being a security risk to sell and redeem prizes during afternoon hours and activity. We want to know names of those stores. We're going to have sales reps go out and talk to them to explain what is expected.

The factors that explain these differences we don't know about.

The fact that the parasite manipulates the mosquito to this extent can help to explain the incredibly intense transmission of malaria.

The fact that we're having this discussion speaks volumes. There have been all kinds of racial slurs, but only this one continues to have the same powerful meaning for people that it did when it was first used. If you were to call someone a 'mick' today, you just might have to explain what that is.

We call on you to ensure that the U.S. military cease the use of these detentions at once and that officials credibly explain the basis for the detentions of those currently being held, or release them immediately,

we don't need to have somebody explain to us how the people of New Mexico think.

When I see people with an interesting gap year, if they can explain it, if they can justify it, if they can show what they've learnt from it, it's sometimes more profitable or more intelligent than having been through a traditional, continuous race from high school to the end of university.

When a woman falls in love with me, I feel guilty. I am convinced that it's pure obstinacy that keeps me from reciprocating her passion. As I explain to her that I'm gay, it sounds, even to me, like a silly excuse; I scarcely believe it myself.

There comes a time when action speaks louder than words. Constantly telling people what you're going to do like Tarver's doing and trying to explain why you didn't do what you were supposed to do the last time, that's not a positive thing. If I'm going to shoot you, I'm not going to tell you. I'm just going to shoot you. That's the frame of mind Roy's in right now.

This will be a good opportunity to explain to our partners that a successful round in Doha will be good for our respective countries, our workers, our farmers, our business people,

There has to be new words to explain new worlds.

The reason why China forecasting has such a poor track record is that Westerners constantly invoke the model and experience of the West to explain China, and it is a false prophet. Until we start trying to understand China on its own terms, rather than as a Western-style nation in the making, we will continue to get it wrong.

We would have liked a greater opportunity to explain how openness is possible with Office. We've found a very positive reaction to our open formats and our approach, and there's a growing awareness there.

We will continue to report on the disaster and its aftermath in order to explain how the actual situation varied from the accounts made by these sources.

We're trying to explain to people why Ohio is good for business.

We thought it was important to express our concerns. We're looking forward to having the proposal more thoroughly reviewed, and we welcome the opportunity to explain our comments more fully.

Wal-Mart has had a much stronger gift-card season than last year, so that might explain why their (December) sales figure is not as good.

Too many radiologists still believe there is a risk from a chest x-ray. Few radiologists can explain radiation to the patient in words the patient can understand.

We have asked the government to come clean and explain its stand. Under the circumstances, there is no way the government cannot but come forward and explain its stand. It's the government's national duty to explain.

We want our customers to feel comfortable with the name change, ... We will take great care to explain the additional benefits they will gain by being part of a national wireless company.

Words can't even explain it. I'm still way up on cloud nine right now.

Would any of his aides have the nerve to tell him that as Supreme Court jurists go, Gonzales would be mediocre - and not a solid bet to move the court in a constitutionalist direction? Would any of them have the nerve to explain to the president that a Gonzales nomination would utterly demoralize many of his supporters, who are sticking with him and his party, through troubles in Iraq and screw-ups with Hurricane Katrina, precisely because they want a few important things out of a Bush presidency - and one of these is a more conservative court?