As for the relationship between myth and ritual, Frazer argued that myths were intended to explain otherwise unintelligible rituals.
"The letter itself was intended to explain the situation and trial a policy that has been successfully adopted by other schools," she added.
The film, which has played in festivals from Chicago to Jerusalem, is intended to explain bigotry to children 5 and up in ways that are neither violent nor terrifying.
In general relativity, which, though less firmly established than the special theory, is intended to explain gravitational phenomena, a more complicated metric of variable curvature is employed, which approximates to the Minkowski metric in empty space far from material bodies.
Under state law, all pension legislation must be accompanied by "fiscal notes," which accompany the text of the bills and are intended to explain to the public the cost of whatever changes are being proposed.
The memorandum, the judge wrote, is intended to explain the court's decision in signing the order for the increased pay "and to throw a spotlight on the disturbing lack of skilled A.S.L. interpreters in the courts".
The book is intended to explain the behaviour of a child, who was diagnosed with severe autism aged five and to show the way that Naoki responded to the people around him, including his ability to embrace concepts such as self-harm, beauty, noise and time.
It was intended to explain the true nature of the French Revolution, to demonstrate how inextricably the right of liberty is interwoven with the very existence of man as an intelligent agent, and to point out the inherent progressiveness of the state and the consequent necessity of reform or amendment.
The meeting was intended to explain to the Europeans the reasons for the restrictions, which were recommended to the F.D.A. last month by an advisory panel that was concerned about the spread of mad cow disease across Britain and, to a lesser degree, the rest of Europe.
