Word: obvious
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Amid the report's stomach-churning details, however, one vote of confidence: Klein still dines out. "You gotta eat," she says. "I take my chances, and look for the obvious signs - like mice or the fact that the water in the bathroom doesn't get hot - that indicate a problem in the back of the house. I mean, if someone has a sloppy living room, chances are, there are dirty dishes in their sink...
...nearly impossible to come to grips with this issue by just looking at it from an academic perspective. It is important to see it firsthand. Working in Cambodia opened my eyes and taught me that microfinance is not a panacea for global poverty but rather a respite. No obvious solution to the problem exists, but it is a problem that I am confident can be ameliorated by our generation. —Charles LaCalle, a Crimson business editor, is a government concentrator in Kirkland House...
...Even if a fraction of the Internet-using public engages in outrageous Antichrist speculation, feeding those extreme beliefs wouldn't seem to be an obvious political strategy. But McCain advisers are aware that one of the goals of Democratic outreach to Evangelicals has been to simply neutralize their opposition. "You just have to take the edge off," says Michigan Democratic Party chair Mark Brewer, explaining why he spent much of a 2006 meeting with conservative pastors around his state. "Now that they've met me, they can see I don't have two horns and a tail...
...tally up Gasol's appearance with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals in June, the Spanish soccer team's victory in the European Cup, Rafael Nadal's Wimbledon defeat of Roger Federer, and Carlos Sastre's triumph at the Tour de France, it's pretty obvious Spanish athletes have conquered the sporting world...
...were living in East Orange [, New Jersey], and I made friends with a bunch of student nurses, and I'd go over to their dormitory and play for them. I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop...