Word: explaining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...produce inequalities no matter how much people persist in attributing that inequality to discrimination. As usual, Glazer does not take into account the basic reason for the common belief that differences in equality are caused by discrimination: given the premise that the races are equal, how else can you explain the great disparity in income, education, and quality of life...
...mute sex-fiend, hamming up his mime as much as possible. His gestures tend to get repetitive, but again the plot, which has him chasing courtiers around the stage every few minutes, is more at fault than the actor. Shea peaks in a number where he attempts to explain the facts of life to his son, the erstwhile bridegroom...
Even the imaginative Arp, who specializes in studying peculiar galaxies and has long been known for his unconventional ideas, is at a loss to explain such galactic pyrotechnics-though he admits that "it will certainly be fun to speculate." In any case, Arp has every reason to be pleased. The dramatic photograph provides new evidence for one of his favorite themes: that the universe is filled with strange, awesome events that totally defy orthodox explanation...
Annual Ritual. Some Americans have given up sending Christmas cards. Chicago Real Estate Broker Joan Armstrong stopped sending cards after she got divorced. "I felt I had to explain and didn't know what to say," says she. But many Americans still make a project of the annual ritual. One of my colleagues and his wife buy their cards right after Christmas for the following season; it saves money. They send nonsectarian UNICEF cards to friends who are Jewish but not devout, Hannukah cards to Jewish friends who are devout, religious designs to fellow Christians and letters of varying...
Reid said she has "no idea" why fewer freshmen are seeking counsel and that she could not explain why this year's class has not suffered from the traditional problems of assimilation...