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The striking thing is that whoever is doing these is not fully explaining why they are doing it.

The same distortions, in my view, could well be explaining a lot of the recent strength in the remainder of the U.S. data flow. If that's the case, all it will take is for the weather to return to normal and the seasonally adjusted data will fall like a stone.

There is drudgery and days when you think 'I can't stand another minute of this' but if you have a passion for explaining potentially complex information to people who need that information, there is definitely a sense of satisfaction at the end of the process,

TOMB, n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a certain sanctity, but when they have been long tenanted it is considered no sin to break them open and rifle them, the famous Egyptologist, Dr. Huggyns, explaining that a tomb may be innocently ""glened"" as soon as its occupant is done ""smellynge,"" the soul being then all exhaled. This reasonable view is now generally accepted by archaeologists, whereby the noble science of Curiosity has been greatly dignified.

You can learn a whole lot in a short period of time from a guide, as long as he's explaining what he wants you to do.

Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we don't have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it.

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,

No sir, I'm not at all saying that, I'm explaining to you the process that has taken place so far.

Some parents might say 'don't do it' without explaining why. But if you explain, children can make an assessment of whether or not it's a sensible thing to do.

Explaining metaphysics to the nation - / I wish he would explain his explanation.

Explaining the unique characteristics of this unbalanced recovery is more like 'Murder on the Orient Express' than finding a smoking gun in somebody's hands. There are a lot of suspects.

Sometimes people ask me, 'You do stand-up?' I try explaining what I do, and I don't think they really get it. So: 'Yeah, I do stand-up.' I wish there was one word to express what I do - that way, I don't sound arrogant. Whenever I say I'm a performer, people think I'm a performance artist: 'She paints herself white and pretends to be a flower.'

Once we look at the people face-to-face and start explaining these things, ... I think we won't have any problems.

I've never been particularly good at explaining or even understanding what this sort of rage is that is so accessible to me. I'm not an out-of-control person, but I can access in my work very easily a feeling of real fury. Thank goodness I've channeled it into my work, I guess.

Authority in an interactive world comes from communicating, not from avoiding communication. Explaining yourself is not navel-gazing. It's a part of democracy.

Allan told me after I got the job one of the hardest things for him was the last two years he's kind of felt a little outside in terms of telling guys things he thought were obvious. He didn't feel like he was included as much. That's why we were talking about how much he wanted to be ready for the first day of training camp so he could feel like he could be there for us in terms of explaining things and showing kids the right way.

As a senior member of our family and a respected senator of the land, Sen. Magsaysay holds my highest esteem and respect. It is in this light that I am again explaining that my decision was based on my sworn duty to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and to work for the interests of our people.

A lot of fans are curious about the origins of the poncho. In the original script, he'd taken the poncho from a man taking a bath by the side of a river. But that scene was never shot. So we have the script explaining it all - in Italian.

They put a lot of the issues to rest, or they attacked them head on. They were much more proactive in explaining to people about how they look at the business and how analysts should look at the business.

They put out a whole stream of material justifying their actions and explaining their strategy,

Ronald Reagan with his arm around John Lennon's shoulder, explaining American football (in 1974). That's something special.

Sometimes I'll be walking down the street and I'll hear some American and I'll just go, 'Of course they hate us, of course they can't stand us. We're the most annoying, boisterous creatures in the world.' I mean we come in and we eat mounds of food, and we're like, 'Where's the ketchup for our French fries.' I'm like, 'Shut up.''- explaining how she REALLY feels about her American fans when being treated poorly in France.

Prediction is certainly a valuable goal in science, but not the only one. Explanation is also important, and there are plenty of sciences that do a lot of explaining and not much predicting.

Floyd says he's never ducked anyone and never will. If he will not fight me, he's going to have some explaining to do. Fighters know things other people dont. By looking over me he's telling me he fears me.

There's no way we'll ever understand that. It's like explaining quantum physics to a 3-year-old.

Why aren't the banks explaining the rules of the game in online banking? Why don't they have flash screens at ATMs on the safety of their technology and steps for using it properly?

This assessment should serve as a key determinant in decision-making and in explaining regional need to affected local communities.

In 1962, President Kennedy succeeded in captivating Americans by explaining the advantages of being the first country to reach the moon and the dangers of allowing another nation to beat us there.

I'm absolutely convinced it was the right thing to do, and I look forward to explaining it clearly to the American people,

I like interacting with others and this gives me the opportunity to become more involved. I've enjoyed explaining the importance of the campaign to my co-workers.

I loved that. He always seems to make things make sense. He always has a way of explaining things, and it relates to the vibe that's going on in the locker room. And some of the guys, I know (fellow tight end) Dan (Graham) -- I thought he was going to start fighting right then. I had to tell him, 'I know you're getting fired up; relax.'

Intel's pre-announcement goes a long way to explaining softness in the DRAM market. PCs consume well over one-half of all DRAMs.

If you'll hold your questions, ... I will get to it. It's just a matter of me explaining to you cut-and-dry.

If you are someone who is traveling overseas for at least 14 days that includes April 15 and you are away on business, you get an automatic extension to June 15 to file your return, ... You just have to attach a statement to your return explaining that you were out of the country.

I'm not shopping this idea, ... All I'm doing is, if people express interest in it, I'm explaining our product. They're not giving me the time of day here. I'm absolutely perplexed by that.

I imagine explaining a work of art to my grandmother in five minutes, and if I can't explain it in five minutes, then it's too obtuse or esoteric.

I'm excited and a bit worn out. At the same time we approved this plan I've been hit left and right by new development. We're learning the new code ourselves and explaining it to developers, so it's been exhausting.

That fits the overall strategy in a speech like this. You don't wander into an area where you're going to have a hard time explaining the situation. You use rhetoric and topics that can portray you in a positive light.

The administration has some explaining to do, ... Fox News Sunday.

Everyone gets about a half-ounce to an ounce to sip. A lot of my time is taken up talking to customers, explaining the wines to them. We talk about their clarity, smell, taste, what types of food go with the wines and just about anything else that they want to talk about.

It's up to parents to educate the children about being at the doctor's office, explaining that shots are routine and nothing to worry about. Use positive reinforcement. Tell them before hand that after the visit they will get a lollipop or prize.

It's hard talking about acting, in a way, because it's like explaining a joke: I do think it loses something in the telling.

In other circumstances it would not be a very big deal, but I would say the Election Commission was too complacent about explaining the changes to the people.

In this era of mounting complexity with more people, systems and products entwined in a bewildering web of global networks, explaining is an enormously valuable skill.

I have to keep explaining to people that screen kissing isn't quite the same; it's close, but it isn't quite the same as a normal, real-life kiss.

Investors want to understand what a company does, ... Tech companies seem incapable of explaining their products in layman's terms, preferring to keep it a deep secret what they do.

I've not often been a man of many words. I've never considered myself to be overly articulate. I do feel more comfortable acting something out than I do explaining something or whatever.

If you are explaining, you are losing.

I probably would produce a little four-minute video mailer explaining exactly what happened and expressing remorseful feelings.

He's laid down the gauntlet. He, by his own definition, needs to get a bond on the ballot. It's wrong to say he absolutely cannot be re-elected without a bond but he's going to have a real problem explaining why there isn't a bond.

He's there to offer expertise, to explain options and to keep explaining until everything is clearly understood. But the patient, sitting on the examining table in a paper gown with the wind whipping around his knees, is the only person in the room with a decision to make. As such, he makes the decision and gives consent based on the information, which includes risks and benefits weighed against his personal values.

An indictment is just the first step in the ever-evolving scandal involving Abramoff and the GOP Leadership. Now, Rep. Ney has some explaining to do. Given that Rep. Ney knew enough about SunCruz, Adam Kidan and Gus Boulis to insert comments about them in the Congressional Record, the House ethics committee should find out what else Rep. Ney knew about Abramoff's illegal activities.

The ground is shifting radically under the pressure of newly documented claims. While there may not be a single clear solution for every claim, institutions will need to be forthright in explaining future acquisitions.

The easiest way to sum up the relationship between the drivers and NASCAR is that we are pawns on a chessboard. We don't make the big moves. We're just sacrificial lambs so to speak. They have their way of explaining to you very quickly that you can be replaced very, very easily in this sport no matter how popular you are.

The (House) managers spent much of their time last week explaining to you why, if only witnesses could be called, you would be able to resolve all of the supposed conflicts in the evidence,

The commission will be explaining to the court why it considers the decision of March 2004 was well-founded.

Losers spend time explaining why they lost. Losers spend their lives thinking about what they're going to do. They rarely enjoy doing what they're doing.

The closer and more completely you can come to explaining what a work of art means, the less like art it seems.

But come. No explaining or mending. Be beside me somewhere.

Don't bother explaining--I've heard all the excuses and the trouble is most of them are true.

It's all very well being a native speaker. But explaining complex grammar without training would be a nightmare. A course gives you practice. There's an obligation from schools to have professionally trained teachers, and your students expect to leave the classroom understanding what you've taught them.

As we were resting them, we were explaining that to them and certainly we need to use that to our advantage. And I hope it will pay off.

As we were resting them, we were explaining that was why. We hope it pays off to our advantage tomorrow night. I guess we'll see.

That's the frustrating thing -- we have world-class beers brewed in Washington and, really, no one's telling the story. No one's out there explaining ... that this is the Bordeaux country for beer.

That's the frustrating thing we have world-class beers brewed in Washington and, really, no one's telling the story. No one's out there explaining ... that this is the Bordeaux country for beer.

As a congressman, I've never called for a ban. We've called for a full disclosure of the risks involved... Patients have a right to know that this is a very powerful and dangerous drug, and knowing all that, if they still wish to take it, then they can. But we know doctors are not adequately explaining it to the patients, pharmacists are not adequately discussing this with the person who picks up the prescription.

(The yen) is still in a state of confusion and it's reflecting itself in its price patterns. The market is really unclear as to where to go right here. There are concerns about inflationary fears and that is explaining why the currency is narrowly trading.

They gave us a letter explaining we would be compensated at the end of the trip, then they said it wasn't actually compensation, it was that if we bought another cruise we get a discount.

There were some things that needed further explaining and we agreed that he would treat that amount as a loan for now until we could both sit down and go through paperwork and remember what caused that check to be written. At such time money owed back to me would be returned. This was done on my part to show that I have no reason to steal from him and that I want to resolve any question that he has.

We spend a lot of time explaining the permit process to business owners and potential business owners. And while we are busy trying to attract new businesses to Southlake, we try to be aware of the needs of our existing businesses. Sometimes it is a real juggling act.

We certainly don't want to give them carte blanche authority to determine either what is safe or unsafe without some type of basis for that decision or explaining why.

We found that personality traits did little in explaining which employees were highly cynical and which employees were not.

We go over everything from school rules like you can't miss a practice the day before a game and play to explaining the user fees,

It's geared to the age of our kids ages 2-6. It's just like an adult working in a job. They need a little bit of a break. Her program is also educational, about bones and muscles and healthy eating. It's someone else saying what we say to them and explaining it.

There were no injuries as a result of this fire. We went to the residents and talked with them explaining what we were going to be doing and asked them to evacuate the area.

They're out there selling the product, saying 'Here's the latest handset,' and pushing the latest services, and when you do that, you raise expectations. Customers expect it to be simple, which, technically, wireless isn't. Wireless is a very technical application and technology. It's not an exact science. It really takes a lot to deliver that call. But the industry hasn't done a very good job of explaining that side of the story.

I became the confessor. At a certain point, they weren't even talking to me, they were explaining themselves.

I consider myself a songwriter first. Some songs come quick. It's just a matter of getting in here and explaining to these guys what I'm hearing . . .

If Cuba wins, it is expected. If they lose, there will be a lot of explaining because baseball is the top sport and if you don't win, it's a problem. The pressure is going to be double for Cuba. You have the government watching and you are playing against the best players in the world. This will be the best competition Cuba has ever played against.

He's not explaining all the facts to the residents. He's just pandering to a certain group in town.

I do not believe that local governments have done a great job of explaining where current tax dollars are being expended. Before we propose something like this, we need to tell people where current money is going.

Great magicians are often great marketers. They understand consumer behavior -- how to influence people to look in one direction and not another; and how to communicate with people one-on-one in setting up a trick and explaining what's about to happen.

For political capital reasons, they need to do some form of explanation. Not necessarily nuke the deal, but they need to do a better job of explaining themselves.

Governor Reagan had his arm around John Lennon and he was explaining American football to him. Only on 'Monday Night Football' would you get those two guys, who were poles apart, united.

when driven to the necessity of explaining, I found that I did not myself understand what I meant.

I don't want to spend my life explaining myself. You either get it, or you don't.

...there is no explaining anything by reasoning and so it is useless to reason.

As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes.

It saves trouble to be conventional, for you're not always explaining things.

A defeated nation is always explaining itself. That's why the best storytellers are always from vanquished nations.

Out of Dostoevsky: Kafka. Out of Tolstoy: Margaret Mitchell. (in conversation, explaining his dislike for Tolstoy)

the mayor's doing what he should be doing with that, explaining himself.

In politics, when you`re explaining, you`re losing.

The Department of Economic Development has done a good job in explaining that we can't be everything to everybody, ... We must identify what our core competencies are.

The difficulty of explaining ‘why I am a Catholic’ is that there are ten thousand reasons all amounting to one reason: that Catholicism is true.

He's just explaining the situation to her, but he's all over her every chance he gets! Kureno! Touching Tohru!!!

The notion of getting under the hood and explaining how something works, that's fairly familiar territory to me.

Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.

In politics, if you're explaining, you're loosing.

You may not be aware of this but Leonard Bernstein won another award, for explaining the music of Igor Stravinsky... to Igor Stravinsky!