And, there is always a more basic explanation: Most of the movies have not been very good.

A big chunk of that debt will never be repaid, which is the most basic explanation for the financial crisis.

Isn't that the same basic explanation given by the administration for its secrecy?

A basic explanation won't give away any more than our kids get in primary school.

There is a basic explanation for the dazzle of distribution.

The basic explanation for the shortfall can be found in Texas' two-year budget cycle.

There are two basic explanations for this apparently aberrant behavior (which Democrats still think is weird).

The same basic explanation holds as before, but I can't think of a clear way to show it without a diagram.

My basic explanation for this was that the tide was wrong.

Here are some basic explanations and tips that may help.