Word: brainer
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...important, not decisive. But the occupation of Haiti -- cross fingers, knock on wood -- so far has been a nearly bloodless triumph. The swift deployment of U.S. troops and planes that scared Saddam Hussein into withdrawing the Iraqi forces he had massed along the border with Kuwait seems a "no-brainer" to many foreign- policy experts. Clinton had only to order execution of a plan that sat in Pentagon computers -- and he could not decline without inviting devastating comparisons with George Bush. Nonetheless, he did it, so rapidly and decisively as to appear anything but the waffler of the political cartoons...
Before the race was run, the election was a no-brainer. Roosevelt won with a large plurality, leaving Bachrach and Barrett each with a little over a quarter of the vote. In a sense, image has become the foremost issue in the political arena. But this is not exactly a new idea. We Probably should have recognized that when a certain B-movie actor won a very important job some years back...
...were just as unhesitating. Bonds received nine of the 14 votes, the Cubs' Mark Grace got two, and there was one each for the Cubs' Ryne Sandberg, the Reds' Kevin Mitchell and the Padres' Tony Gwynn. Met skipper Dallas Green picked Bonds, saying, "It's pretty much a no-brainer, isn't it? Is there a better hitter in the game? There's not a pitch he can't handle. And he's got discipline and power." Phillie manager Jim Fregosi agreed and paid Bonds probably an even higher compliment, saying, "I'd probably walk...
...brainer," McArthur said. "Buthow to do it is a bit of a challenge...We're notgoing to make it as a University if we don't havethe strongest possible units...
...firms that seem to fit, and calls them up cold to ask whether they would let him prepare a state-vs.- state comparison for them -- at no cost. Most agree. "And when we do that, Idaho usually comes out the winner compared with Southern California. It's a no-brainer," says Potter. "I'm at the point where I'm almost feeling sorry about California...