Researchers weren't seeking to explain mountain climbing or race-car driving.
But in seeking to explain such sentiments to Americans, Cole sometimes reaches for the wrong analogy.
It captured his personality and conveyed his unique talent without seeking to explain it.
He was seeking to explain why, in men's sports, "no one ever talks about beauty".
In conversations with reporters, they began seeking to explain his actions.
There are other theories around seeking to explain the recent cold winters, too.
Seeking to explain his behavior, Mr. Wang said he had no choice but to take bribes.
Seeking to explain "competitiveness" at the national level, then, is to answer the wrong question.
This presents a challenge to extension service personnel and to research seeking to explain management practices at a national level.
This approach is used in seeking to explain the differences in telecom developments in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
"I don't write about being vaguely unhappy in Connecticut," she once grumbled, seeking to explain her less than robust readership.
