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Alcohol makes people really aggressive sometimes, which is why people often get into fights in bars.

Discussion question: Think of three photos you have in your family photo album, and talk about why they are important to you.

Frank was very apologetic on the phone when I asked him why he had missed the meeting.

Gillian smiled apologetically when asked why she hadn't finished her chores.

Many people wonder why we continue to arrest young people for possession of marijuana, when studies show that it is less harmful than tobacco.

You have to look at every aspect of the problem to really understand why it is happening.

I don't understand why my supposedly athletic son, who plays a number of different sports, takes the bus to school instead of riding his bike.

Pablo Casals once said, "The love of one's country is a splendid thing.

But why should love stop at the border?" Winnie-the-Pooh once said, "Isn't it funny how a bear likes honey? Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! I wonder why he does?" The short-term memory capacity for most people is between five and nine items or digits, which is why telephone numbers are just 7 digits.

The principal had a little chat with the boy who was bullying his classmates to see if he could determine why it was happening.

No one has a clue as to why the secretary is in such a bad mood this morning.

Peter Ackroyd once suggested that murderers can never remember the actual moment of killing.

This is why they will always leave a clue.

cluster Malcolm De Chazal once suggested that our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.

I can't tell you why I was absent yesterday, it's just too complicated to explain.

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