Yet Williams's characters, like his soaring metaphors, do not need explication of this obvious sort, especially when it robs the play of the weight of its pivotal figure.

Given that much of the material will be unfamiliar, and that some of it needs explication, it is natural that this is the kind of show in which there is almost as much to read as there is to look at.

The theme of the day had been broached - the mysterious workings of a capitalist system that, to those raised Soviet, still needs extensive explication.

The story itself was already known and did not need much explication.

Jim Lewis, an American dramatist, spent several weeks here helping the playwrights to decide what Americans will understand, given context and pantomime, and what needs explication.

As in Euclid's development of geometry, these 'universal things' and other important basic notions need explication by clear definitions.

I won't recite the list of famous names, because each has a different story that needs explication, but the cumulative effect of all of them together suggests that something powerful was going on.

Between Augustine and The Bible, religious authors had numerous aspects of Christianity that needed further explication and interpretation.

Monica's mistake is that she thinks we need more explication.

Many decisions are currently made in terms of a highly social context and need formal explication.