This offers a practical economic explanation for why divorcees make for the coast.

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But the authors offer no convincing economic explanation for the change.

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No other possible explanation for economic success plays significantly in the Korean contrast.

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Indeed, economic woes provide the third explanation why disillusioned voters preferred him to the centre-left.

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The most immediate explanation is the economic downturn: bosses are doling out ever fancier titles as a substitute for pay raises and bonuses.

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One explanation is the economic concept of discount rates.

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The explanation is partly economic, partly governmental.

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Computer science research should not be banned without explanation if we want economic growth in the technology sector.

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In the PNAS paper, the researchers said that socio-economic indicators from 1900 provided a better explanation of current patterns of invasive species than indicators from 2000.

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The recession is part of the explanation: when most boats were lifted by the rising economic tide, the yachts didn't seem so galling.

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Possible explanation: There's a legitimate emotional component to the economic decisions people make about their lives.

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