For the rest, Mr. Williams could only speculate as to the rationale.
Thanks to Mr. Bush, it is also a phase of confusion as to the rationale of the tax cut.
And yet today we are not much the wiser as to the rationale for a privatisation of C4.
Some experts say the biggest contrast between the situation now and in 1990-91 relatos thethe rationale for war.
Most revealing of all was Murdoch's reference to the rationale for going to war, blatantly using the o-word.
Sceptics say it sounds very similar to the rationale behind Compaq's disastrous takeover of Digital Equipment in 1998.
Maybe the vaunted levelling power of the internet age will help to put paid to the rationale for whole swaths of protocol.
Arguably, no development presents as much of an intellectual challenge to the rationale for business school as the consulting firms' new hiring and training practices.
O'Neill's strongest weapons in the battle were his political skills and the depth of his personal commitment to the rationale for government assistance to the needy.
"The commission nonetheless failed to heed our direction and we are again faced with the same objections to the rationale for the cap," Friday's ruling said.
This is similar to the rationale behind establishing the Federal Reserve as an independent body: The Fed, at least theoretically, is shielded from short-term political interests.
