Perhaps the only person who could provide a truly authoritative explanation for Libya's shift is Qaddafi himself, but on this point, he preferred to deal in abstractions.

In the absence of any authoritative explanation for the ice deliveries, hypotheses abound.

Hybrid barbarians that we are, we trusted intellectuals to tell us what was what, we put up with the invented mental language of their "authoritative explanations."

The plea bargain seemed to underscore how the Iran-contra prosecution has failed to produce an authoritative explanation of who in the Administration of Ronald Reagan was responsible for authorizing the arms scheme.

The Book of Concord, published in 1580, contains ten documents which some Lutherans believe are faithful and authoritative explanations of Holy Scripture.

Though several proposals to explain this name have been put forward, no authoritative explanation is generally accepted.

She said, "Only Dr. Tyl can give fully authoritative explanation of his patient's mental condition."

She goes to Wikipedia and, if she reads the whole entry, gets an apparently authoritative explanation of some solid basics- the concept of hubris, a few details about ancient Greek performance, and some plot summaries.

There was no authoritative explanation for what prompted the dismissal of Mr. Cravin.

Would you provide an authoritative explanation of what is an ionic mineral?