I don't know where she went, nor why.
We do not know who savagely attacked the journalist Oleg Kashin, nor why.
Nor why my sister's sexual past seems to be littered almost exclusively with bald men.
It is not clear exactly when Mr. Hampton will leave nor why he decided to quit.
It is not clear why Scorsese addresses Francesca now, nor why he does so publicly, nor why he chose L'Espresso as his outlet (his agent did not answer these questions yesterday).
We do not know who ordered the killing of Anna Politkovskaya, the journalist and human rights activist, nor why.
Neither could I understand what a poet was, nor why, exactly, my father had chosen to name me after one.
I'd never dream of asking why the Swedish protect their language, nor why the Germans protect theirs.
Speakers do not explain how to configure a bit of kit nor why one product is superior or inferior to another.
But here, too, he was frustrated by his professors: "They could not agree upon what was knowledge, nor upon what was good and what evil, nor why".
They could not explain the discrepancy between the Buildings Department's and the authority's data nor why in some buildings even the inspection certificates were out of date.
