Word: obviously
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What does the new American home look like? The shift is obvious as soon as you step through the front door. The grand entryway - the two-story foyer with a sweeping, often multipronged staircase - is quickly giving way to a more modest entrance. Stairs are less about architectural flourish and more about getting upstairs (if you can imagine). That means they're either moving back up against the wall or turning into more-compact switchbacks. The two-story foyer is becoming less and less popular too - in an era of tighter purse strings, who wants to heat and cool...
...months after Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in 1933, Congress legislated a transformation of the financial sector, establishing a new regime of securities regulation, creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and segregating commercial banks from Wall Street. It's not obvious that we need such a drastic overhaul now, but the contrast with the 1930s is stark. Ironic, too. By leaving financial markets alone, Mellon and his kindred spirits at the Fed ushered in an economic collapse that led to permanent government intervention in the financial sector. By intervening, Paulson and his kindred spirits at the Fed seem to have...
...hunger or the danger of her young ones is going to lose them. She has to be very sensitive to their emotional state. So if that's the basis, and out of that grew other sensitivities to other individuals who were not offspring, then it's very obvious that there should be a gender bias...
...paper, exude a sense of intimacy. In contrast, Palma’s digital photographs feel artificial. The surrealist elements Palma is known for including in his art are integrated well in the Kodalite images, so they do not seem out of place, despite the fact that they are obviously fantastic. The content of the digital photographs, however, seems computer-generated in comparison. As a consequence, Palma’s choice to juxtapose the two dichotomous forms makes for a collection that lacks focus.Palma’s cracked sepia photographs, taken from 2003-2004, evoke antiques recently discovered...
...billing;” “Use its data as it sees fit;” “Enjoy the fruits of its advertising campaigns;” and “Resolve disputes fairly and transparently.” To Edelman, many of these rights seem obvious, like itemized billing and knowing where ads are placed. Edelman likened the right of “meaningful itemized billing” to the right of a consumer at the supermarket to have a written receipt of exactly what they are being charged. Edelman charges that Google?...