In both cases, however, there's a better explanation for what happened.
There is perhaps no better explanation for the rather remarkable situation unfolding right now in Washington.
But straightforward hubris may be a better explanation for the failure.
The company's generous-looking valuation offers a better explanation for the share sale.
A better explanation for clutch hitting is the fan's tendency to superimpose his own weaknesses upon the players.
A better explanation for Clemens's domination in Seattle and again Sunday night was the extra rest that came between starts.
But so far, no one has been able to come up with a better explanation for Babbel's behaviour.
Not all his listeners agree, but they're hard pressed to offer a better explanation for the recent exodus, or imagine its likely consequences.
A better explanation for the slump might be that there has never been more – pardon the MBA-speak – product, and this is one market that is saturated.
But citizens used to having their government lie to them with a straight face deserve a better explanation for what was, at the very least, a confusing episode.
But the better explanation for the delay is that North Korea was afraid that the winner of the South Korean presidential election in December would be Lee Hoi Chang.
