Word: simpler
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Finally, many SUV drivers accrue a simpler but equally important benefit from their burly automobiles: fun. Presiding over several tons of metal from a heated leather seat is great entertainment. "It's not like I'm living large, but I like when people take notice," says Brent Bormaster, 24, a Dallas executive recruiter who drives a 2002 GMC Yukon...
...Bush's radical savings proposals--it's a good time to get prepared by playing "what if." But first, a quick review: Bush wants to shelve dozens of types of tax-deferred accounts, from IRAS and 401(k)s to 529s (for college), and replace them with three much simpler animals...
...course of that conversation, Wilkins trotted out one of Franklin's images of the B form of DNA. Labeled Photograph 51, it was her best--and, writes Watson, "the instant I saw the picture my mouth fell open and my pulse began to race. The pattern was unbelievably simpler than those obtained previously. Moreover, the black cross of reflections which dominated the picture could arise only from a helical structure...
...city wants to increase compliance with parking regulations it should make those regulations simpler and parking easier. If the city wants to take in missing revenue by collecting on outstanding parking tickets, then it should increase enforcement efforts in traditional, reasonable and non-discriminatory ways. But if the city wants to target students based on some unproven notion that students are disproportionately responsible for unpaid fines, or simply because students are a transient, vulnerable and unrepresented group, then it should think twice. Encroaching upon the academic prerogatives of the universities and specifically targeting students, the dynamic lifeblood of this region...
...good news for both men and women is that heart disease has become simpler to diagnose. Treatment is easier too, with options ranging from diet and exercise to statins and surgery. Prevention is key. Everyone should get his or her blood pressure tested and cholesterol checked at least once a year. Nobody should ever smoke, but now that women know they are especially vulnerable, they owe it to their hearts--and their loved ones--to quit. --With reporting by A. Chris Gajilan/New York...