The original rationale is simple: small businesses have serious problems in buying affordable insurance.

Strikes can get out of hand, whatever the original rationale.

"The Government should now take a look at whether the original rationale of the rule is still valid - namely, the ability to bottleneck programming."

And the end of the cold war removed the original anti-Communist rationale for its existence.

The original rationale behind their design was that they were intended to operate as adjuncts to the main battle fleet.

In this case, students hardly learn from others, so peer feedback loses track of its original rationale to help the other get improvement.

The original rationale was that even after use, the fuel had enough uranium in it to be valuable.

The original rationale for the war was wrong.

However dubious the original rationale, the music and movie acquisitions have turned into Sony's brightest, most profitable spot at the moment.

Or why cities, like New York and Chicago, continue to thrive long after their original economic rationale has disappeared.