But there is also a longer-term explanation, based on the weakened power of labour after the entry of countries like China into the global employment market.

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For its part, Amazon apologized for the power outage, posted an explanation of what went wrong, and said it would fix the problems.

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Because, unlike India, their energy needs do not depend as much on nuclear power, was Mr Joseph's rather lame explanation.

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But in a strange turn of events that still, to this day, requires explanation, Mr. Cavallo and De La Rua were soon out of power, and the peso was subsequently devalued, with devastating effects.

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Do we really need to see Ravenna's backstory, an explanation for her psychotic hatred of men and her insatiable hunger for beauty and power?

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At the risk of giving unintended offense, acknowledging that generalizations are limited in their explanatory power, and assuming that the reader is fair-minded enough to appreciate that explanation does not imply justification, let me attempt an answer.

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