Word: simpler
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...Carson's seminal eco-polemic Silent Spring, Fruitless Fall walks us through the various theories put forth as causes of CCD -genetically-modified crops, global warming, God's wrath, cellular phones, loss of habitat and a nicotine-like pesticide to name a few. Jacobsen concludes that a return to simpler times - for example, before honey bees were pumped full corn syrup and bred to pollinate monocrops from California to Florida - may be the only answer to the decimation of these vital insects, upon which our food supply depends...
...pretty cool, but MySpace's real boon is providing people a better way to find new music. Music discovery is all the rage these days; Apple's Genius feature and Microsoft's Zune music player both rely on a computer-mediated, algorithmic approach to recommendations. MyMusic's solution is simpler, and far better, I think: it lets you know what your friends are listening to. Like Facebook, MySpace has a news feed, which figures out which of your friends interests you most and communicates their doings to you. So, if my musician brother Seth Augustus (a stage name) adds...
...supports. You can argue that embryo research should proceed anyway; you can argue about where federal funds should go, or whether embryos should be created specifically to experiment on them. But no one is served when politicians blur their positions or distort their opponents' or pretend the issue is simpler than...
...will claim that On-Campus Recruiting is not “easy,” and indeed, many students who go through the application process do not land finance or consulting jobs. However, the process is simpler than the average job search because of the fact that OCS essentially walks students through its steps. No comparable process exists for any other industry. This year’s “Guide to Jobs and Recruiting”—a publication that is co-published by the OCS and by Tahe Crimson—lists only seven...
...funding is a problem, steal money from the budget of insane sports we'll never be good at. Modern pentathlon? Ski jumping? Biathlon? What's the point? It's so much simpler for Americans to throw a little ball around than shoot stuff after skiing. Cede that to the Nords...