In particular her version of "Don't Explain" during a brief Billie Holiday segment faltered on several sour notes.
Nor did the company specifically explain in a brief statement released on Thursday night why it had fired the two executives, Riadh Ben Aïssa, a Tunisian-born Canadian who was executive vice president of the construction and infrastructure division, and Stéphane Roy, the vice president of finance for that unit.
The magistrate judge at the hearing, Steven D. Pepe, expressed frustration that the government did not present evidence or witnesses and told the United States attorney's office to explain in a brief by Friday why just the proffer was sufficient to detain Mr. al-Ajji.
After completing the questionnaire, respondents were asked to comment on the experience and, if appropriate, to explain during a brief semi-structured interview any difficulties they had.
"Of families," he explained, after a brief pause.
Afterward, the Education Department announced a compromise: The principals would have to return 30 percent of the money, or, as the department explained in a brief statement, the money would "carry a 70 percent return" in the school year that begins in September.
As the American Psychiatric Association explained in a brief, a study shows that almost all defendants who were found incompetent to stand trial were restored to competency within nine months, with medication and other treatment.
As I explained in a brief tour of the data in January, the standard estimates of the value of fossil fuel subsidies have come from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the OECD.
Mason's conceit, explained in a brief preface, is that his novel is a translation of a pre-Homeric papyrus comprising "44 concise variations on Odysseus' story that omit stock epic formulae in favor of honing a single trope or image down to an extreme of clarity".
Then again, as Thomas Stackpole explained in a brief profile of Mr. Lasn for The New Republic last week, the Estonian-born activist, who founded Adbusters after a stint in advertising, seems content to have finally struck a nerve, after years of campaigns — like #NoStarbucks and Buy Nothing Day — that gained considerably less traction.
Each design chart is explained with a brief example.
