41.   What Cone is doing defies rational explanation.

42.   While scholars and archaeologists have made great advances in the knowledge of Chinese bronzes, many mirrors continue to defy explanation.

43.   Why there would be so many blowouts, especially in that first weekend between teams of seemingly equal caliber, defies explanation.

44.   Yet whatever the underlying currents, specific cases seem to defy explanation.

45.   Beyond the racketeering laws, the decrease in crime defies easy explanation.

46.   High- and ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, however, defy explanation.

47.   Indeed, all these happenings defy explanation by classical economic means.