An aide explained that Claire is a daughter's middle name.

While he collected his thoughts, his senior aide on the project explained what the boss was going to do.

But his aides explain there's a difference between calling them and holding them.

An aide explained the next day that the candidate was tired and had a cold.

He might have done so, the aide explained, had high-level officials of present governments attended the funeral.

"We wondered how the vessel's command functions could have been operated by a single individual," his aide explained.

One aide explained that a sleepy Administration was inevitable.

An aide explained, "That's what he was supposed to say."

"The No. 1 consideration is making sure the Senator can get his job done," the aide explained.

But as the aide explained his question, it began to make sense.