Mr. Yeltsin is searching for a renewed political mandate and a plausible justification to try to disband the Congress and replace the current Soviet-era Constitution.

"There are few plausible external justifications for breaking off the conversation," she said.

Most visitors accept without question the version of the past presented in the current display, which also amounts to a crisp, plausible justification for the use of the atomic bomb.

However our base--" "Your story might also offer plausible justification for a kidnapping.

A common response to instances of the evidential problem is that there are plausible (and not hidden) justifications for God's permission of evil.

'If you'll give me some plausible justification.'

And Condé Nast's excess has other plausible justifications as well.

There were all sorts of plausible justifications for imperialism, for financial controls and so on.

And if such an argument can be made, the case will probably be difficult and contentious, because lower courts usually offer plausible justifications for their rulings.

If it does not do so, we will have a plausible justification for war.