Word: explainers
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Mexican and Caribbean officials have criticized the United States for its acceptance of massive numbers of refugees, Palmieri said, adding that "it is hard to explain to these countries, all of whom are undergoing serious economic problems, why we have such strict immigration laws for them, yet let in the refugees so freely...
...into the academy "is like putting a dove in the rabbit hutch. One inhabitant like that makes the place overpopulated." After 45 years of work, the group's current project, a definitive French dictionary, has reached the fs, which means that Yourcenar has arrived just in time to explain féminisme...
...California-believes that it was somehow related to an increase of 1° to 2° C (2° to 4° F) in ocean surface temperatures between California and Hawaii and unusually cold temperatures in waters in the central Pacific north of Hawaii. Though Namias cannot precisely explain the mechanism, he says that as the air passes over the water and warms up, the newly acquired heat influences the direction of the jet stream. Other scientists are not so sure. Climatologist Stephen Schneider of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., points out that any number...
...attending priesthood of TV forecasters. It is an odd and specialized calling: not exactly journalism, not exactly meteorology, not exactly soothsaying, not exactly show business, but parts of all four. TV weathercasters have been much mocked for their polyester jocularity, for what seem bizarrely pseudo-scientific discourses to explain that it will be cool and windy tomorrow. It is, critics say, the baton twirling of TV news...
Snipers shoot at people through the camouflage of sarcasm or irony and should be asked to explain and expand their remarks. "Smoke them out," says Bramson. "Make them be overt in their attack, or backtrack. Don't push. It's hard for hostile people to lose face. Let them get put from under their attack." The behavior of exploders-sudden yelling, cursing or crying-requires no action at all. Simply let the tirade or crying jag spin itself out and end in a guilty apology. If that fails, Bramson recommends a distancing line: "This is a very serious...