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The oil companies will do the best that they can to explain the complexity of bringing oil to the market, explaining the variables of weather disasters and international conflicts and so forth,

(People at school) ask me what I did and I just tell them my all-around score because they don't understand. It's so hard to explain so I just try to keep it as simple as I can.

Some students were discussing (the cartoons) in class, asking why the Muslim people were so upset. We're going to try to explain why it is such a big deal for Muslims.

Face your financial issues head on. Open your bills, pick up the phone, call your lender. If applicable, tell them you're struggling and explain why. If you lost your job or took a pay cut, be ready to prove it.

Experiments suggest that if one particle of Ebola enters a person's bloodstream, it can cause a fatal infection. This may explain why many of the medical workers who came down with Ebola couldn't remember making any mistakes that might have exposed them.

Explain it as we may, a martial strain will urge a man into the front rank of battle sooner than an argument, and a fine anthem excite his devotion more certainly than a logical discourse.

Explain this game to me. Last night we went 2-for-24 from the 3 and (Friday) we made 11 threes. We make a few of those (against Franklin) and we have a chance to win the game.

explain to the American people why they want to use Social Security trust funds for the tax cut.

Explain to the child that this is all the space that Mommy is allowing you for your artwork, and that you can't save it all. The more you include your children in those basic decisions, then the more appreciative they are, and the more apt they are to comply with your requests.

extraordinary, uplifting and beyond any rational explanation. And believe me, I tried to explain them away.

While he is in Boise, Vice President Cheney ought to explain why the Bush administration sold out the Idaho sugar industry,

Firms are substituting capital -- particularly high-tech capital -- for labor. They're putting smart machines on the factory floor and in the service industry. That may explain why high-tech orders for capital goods have been going up, despite the fact that manufacturers don't seem to be hiring a lot of people.

There has to be something that we don't know. To simply explain that they're doing this to avoid litigation assumes that they'd be willing to throw money down a rat hole.

But just since last summer this has been a key point of discussion at several conferences and caused quite an excitement, as people see the data. Among other things, it helps to explain how water, or something else serving the same role, could have helped lead to the evolution of life.

The government is either going to consent to a retrial because the jury verdict was tainted by potentially perjured testimony or the government is going to have to explain to the court why the prejudiced testimony was harmless -- in other words, that the testimony did not influence the jury's verdict.

We are excited at the prospect of reading the entire Bible and having someone explain it to us.

Actually, I'm not interested in Zen that much, as a philosophy, nor in joining any movements. I don't pretend to understand it. I just find it comforting. And very similar to jazz. Like jazz, you can't explain it to anyone without losing the experience. It's got to be experienced, because it's feeling, not words.

Now, I have to try to explain to my son that his mommy is going to be gone.

Some perks are justified. Many companies have corporate jets to save their executives time as they travel all over the world. Now they will just have to explain that.

Now, it's a little more my respnsibility to answer for what's going on with the team and explain why we're doing well and why we're not doing well.

Companies want you to crunch code and secure networks and at the same time explain to the end user why and how you are doing it and what the benefits will be.

I've always seen historical interpretation as a learning experience, just as much as high school teaching. It's an engaging way to explain history to people.

You're saying to the people of the United States that you all made no mistakes. I've got to go back to my district and explain to them why we've got a federal agency that, to me, made some mistakes and won't admit it.

You should call your insurance company and tell them, 'I've changed my driving behavior ? I've stopped driving to work' or, 'I'm using my car less,' and explain it to them and that you'd like to know if you qualify for a lower rate.

That's it, right there, when you pick up that Q-School entry form, filling that out again. I really don't know how to explain how it feels. It (stinks).

That's not fair. I don't know how to explain it. I don't know how to explain the turnovers, the defensive breakdowns, how we don't make the extra pass. But you can't look back. You have to look ahead and try to correct it.

That's just baseball. The way we came out today, you can't explain it. A couple of hits went our way, and it turned into a big game for us.

That (pass) was a great play. You guys have been following me with Hooton, and I just can't explain it. He just can't get points. I've never seen anything like it and I can't figure it out because he doesn't have a lot of flaws. He's got great hands, shoots well and competes his tail off, but he's just got a way of avoiding points.

A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain themselves to each other before many minutes have elapsed; but a man and a man will not do this, and even less so will a woman and a woman, for these are parallel lines which will never meet.

Almost every quarter I can remember people have come up with reasons to explain away earnings gains. The truth is that earnings are doing better, and the hope is that, because earnings are improving, companies will begin to hire and spend money on technology.

A lot of them don't know what they're doing. You have to explain to them that they can pick the numbers themselves, or they can let the computer do it.

A lot of people are asking why doesn't Selig just invoke the 'best interests' clause and deal with this. I try to explain to them that the 'best interest' clause is irrelevant in labor because of all the players protected (federal law). ... He has almost no discretion. He's pretty limited.

A lot of investors are just buying because the price is going up, then trying to find reasons to explain it.

They put in a catheter and it went up to the aorta of my heart. The best way I can explain it, you have a nose in your heart that makes the pulse go. There's a little circuit that goes around. Well I had an even smaller circuit and it would make the pulse go really fast. So all they did was burn that little circuit.

They sort of showered us with letters trying to explain this or that.

Science fiction has traditionally been economically naive, with a strong libertarian streak, which I think is like a crude Leninism. That's attractive because it could be used to explain everything, and if only we lived by its tenets, everything would be perfect.

Scholars concede but cannot explain the amazing chemistry of Cub fans' loyalty. But their unique steadfastness through thin and thin has something to do with the team's Franciscan simplicity.

Perhaps Randy -- and I am completely speculating -- but perhaps he had more oxygen available to him than those who succumbed. I can't explain why or how, but that would be a logical explanation for why he did better.

People say that losing Lawrence was a decisive factor. He's obviously a big difference to any team, though I don't think his injury can explain why we under-performed so badly. What's certain is that we had a long break in that game while Lawrence was taken off the field. After that we never really performed throughout the tour.

Teachers don't want to have a letter sent home saying that they are not highly qualified, ... We likely will have a few of those letters that will have to go out. Hopefully in that letter, somehow we can explain to parents that we still feel like the teacher we have in that classroom is a very good teacher, who will do an excellent job.

People ask me what has been going on, and I can't even explain it to myself.

People ask me what has been going on, and I can't even explain it to myself. I am in my own little world when I am on the mound. I don't see anything but the catcher's mitt.

President Yeltsin came to this meeting with his goal to explain his view of what was going on, ... When he was here, he heard from others who saw it differently.

Right now, we can't fully explain or understand it, but it is an issue we are aware of and continue to research.

Fertility patients must be armed with the best information and advice available. These new brochures comprehensively explain the benefits and realities of embryo donation as a viable family-building option. Our goal is to educate fertility patients so they can make informed decisions, and to remind them that this difficult choice is not one they have to make in isolation.

Federal court candidates, who serve for life, should explain their judicial philosophy and their method of legal reasoning.

First of all I should explain that synthesizers themselves, I don't consider them instruments, they are instrument makers, because you can program them to be whatever sound you want.

Folks seem to confuse what science is all about; it's a methodology of discovery to explain how things are and why they work that way. Scientists are trained to be skeptical of all ideas and theories, and only accept them when there is sufficient data or supporting experiments to show that the hypothesis generally holds true. Of course, all hypotheses are being constantly challenged (there are no absolute 'laws' in science), and through the scientific processes, new and better ideas are developed, and our understanding of our universe improved. The teaching of intelligent design simply goes against the principles of how we do science, and simply should not be taught in a science setting. ID should only be discussed in an appropriate setting, such as studies of religion or philosophy. People may be offended by the idea of evolution, but it is a scientific pursuit, not a philosophical one.

During the past century the doctrine of the blank slate has set the agenda for much of the social sciences and humanities, ... ... Psychology has sought to explain all thought, feeling, and behavior with a few simple mechanisms of learning.

Ethnic differences in beliefs about the meaning of illness, appropriate approaches for health management and individual responsibility for health may explain why black and Native American elders are more likely to use home remedies than white elders.

Especially with financial content, the questions can get pretty complicated and not easy to explain in one keyword.

There's really no way to explain it. I just know we got the crap beat out of us.

The results we obtained show that a giant impact could explain the Mercury we see today. They also highlight the fact that material can be passed between the planetswe already know of meteorites which came from Mars , but none have yet been found which came from Mercury.

There's no way to explain it. The better team obviously won. It's a little overwhelming.

There's no way to explain it. We just got beat up. We're not stop-ping nobody, man. ... And if we can't stop nobody on the defensive end then it's hard to get into any type of running game, easy baskets. Every time they're scoring on us, and we're coming down and playing against a half-court set.

There's many challenges. We'd be here for 10 years if I wanted to explain all of them.

There's no obvious reason from this report to explain why further analysis is appropriate or even necessary.

... There's no one who can explain or can get the message to you any better than a player, someone who's been through it.

There's no requirement for the accused to explain why he pleaded guilty. He may do so at sentencing.

There's not a better manager they could play for. He's patient. He's been through it all. He can explain things to them. He lets the veterans guys enforce the rules in the clubhouse, and the rest is history.

There's no real way to explain it, other than that it's frustrating. Anyone who has been injured and tried to come back from an injury knows that, with your confidence and everything, it's like starting all over again.

The only thing I can't explain is why somebody who was in fear for their life would follow the person who threatened them and not flee, ... That's why I did not call the police soon. It caused me to lessen the significance of this incident.

Why are you not getting us some help. There's something wrong with her. He said I'll get you some help after I explain the ticket. She's gasping for air, he's talking to me about points, the cost of the ticket, traffic school and I'm going I don't care. I know how a ticket operates can you just get my mother some help.

This record may explain what I've been doing during the last 12 years when I haven't had an electric guitar in my hands.

We are sending a letter right now that will arrive on Monday to request a meeting. We'll probably have meetings with them next week to explain the damage being done to the U.S. economy.

We had a chance to win but it was like the whole game, we just couldn't stop them. Our offense wasn't the problem tonight. It was our defense. It's hard to explain when every game is so important, especially with a team we're trying to chase. Not to have that sense of urgency like it's a playoff game, is really a shame.

We believe it will be extremely difficult, or impossible, to be more precise, for the Ukrainian authorities to explain to their people the reason for such a short-sighted policy.

The way people vote is the way they vote, but we feel if we explain it, they won't accept it.

The wheels have come off the Bush bus. People are mad. We could win Congress. But Democrats need to explain why we can do a better job.

This case is important to help explain the extent of municipal workers' compensation coverage for reserve peace officers, and the financial liability of cities in that regard.

Thirty-nine million people watched last night. It's the most watched episode ever in Idol's history. Here we are in season five. How do you explain it striking a cord now?

This is one of those kinds of times that anybody connected with any university, athletics or otherwise, dreads the most and that is when you lose somebody particularly when it's hard to explain and hard to understand.

This is something I've sought after my whole career. I look at myself as the leader on and off the field, vocally and in my actions. I try to lead by example. The point I'm at right now in my career, I'm so happy I'm having the opportunity to do these things, I really can't explain it.

Add in the fact that these five negative events started when large-cap growth was at historical highs ... put that together with the valuations, and you can start to explain why it's done so poorly. Multiples have compressed, growth is hard to come by, and people have been averse to risk. When will large cap growth start to work? I think the answer is when we stop having a major negative event every year.

You need to explain they have no reasonable expectation of privacy in the workplace and what are the ramifications if they violate the policy.

You may say that the Iraqis are overcompensating for Saddam's deceptive pro-Arab slogans. This does not justify what is happening, but might explain it. Saddam used to give the Arabs privileges in Iraq while depriving the Iraqis of similar privileges. There is a reaction in the street and it should be contained. We cannot turn our backs on our Arab milieu.

You might be inclined to explain away last week's weakness by noting the low volume and people on vacation, but the historical record of year-end rallies was built on similar conditions. More likely, the absence of sideline cash will become a common problem throughout the year.

You really can't sit here and try to explain what happened. That wasn't us. They got away from us - and before you knew it, they were ahead 21-0.

You prepare yourself the same against every team. You'd like to have that type of success against every team. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I can't explain it.

You're not sleeping in your own bed. You have some typical logistical issues that are gonna take you out of your normal routine. We have a young football team and I've tried to explain to them how important it is to be able to handle these 'adjustments' the right way.

This is icing on the cake. I couldn't ask for anything more. I feel like crying right now ... I wondered if I'd ever ride again. To be in this position, I can't explain it.

This is a new idea, and we didn't know how it would turn out, although there has been mixed evidence from other studies suggesting that tanning increases endorphin production, which could be addictive, ... Certainly this could explain why educational interventions haven't been more successful.

This is systematic, ethnic cleansing genocide. There's no other way to explain it.

This is the first scientific contribution that the addictive pathways are deficient in the obese and it may explain their cravings,

I keep smiling, but it is hard to explain without using Hannibal Lecter,

After we did an assessment of the situation, the explosion occurred -- just a powerful tremendous explosion. I do not know how to explain it other than that,

I've got German, Cornish and Scottish ancestry. It might help explain my affinity for forests, the sea, and fatty foods.

I've gone through such a range of emotions in the last 45 minutes, it's definitely hard to even explain what I've gone through. Saturday will be the big day when it really hits for me, when I'm up on the podium getting the medals. It's any athlete's dream to make the Olympic team. It's only that much better to say that you came out with a medal.

I've had the time of my life this week. I can't really explain it, just having a good time and practicing hard. We know we have a game, but we've all tried to enjoy everything. This is an awesome city.

I'm trying to understand it, because I have to explain it to my colleagues, ... We reached the compromise (in the first tax relief bill) with the understanding that this issue would remain open.

I know they're OK. I can't really explain how I felt when I heard that. I can't wait to see them. I just can't wait to talk to them.

I mean, that's just baseball. I can't explain the success they've had against us.

I mean, John is on the phone with me for 20 minutes trying to explain what the guy was trying to say, ... He said it the wrong way, whatever. I believe Fox and I believe the kid.

I'm very stunned. All we talk about is going to the NCAA Tournament. I don't know what happened today. I can't explain it. Turnovers, me leading them in turnovers, just uncharacteristic things from a lot of guys. It's one game and done, and it's the wrong time for it to happen.

I need someone to explain this process to me.

I need clarification from the state, to get them to fully explain what their position is and why.

I'm a wise Latina woman. Whatever, man. Thank God I'm not in politics, because the fact that you have to explain everything - I'd kill myself. I can't take all those little things they dissect. I'm like, 'Oh my God, get a life.' I don't have time for this.

If possible, include any memorable experiences you have had with me to explain the basis of any expressed opinion(s).

In 'Alpha Protocol,' right from the outset, the parameters of the game explain to you that the mission needs to get done. How you approach that is your decision. The rewards and penalties for either path, those are going to balance out into different consequences.

I'm having so much fun, it's hard to explain it, ... They just keep giving me great cars with great engines.