Word: simplest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...designing even the simplest of microprocessors is no easy task. The processor requires the ability to compute (of course!) and reason. You have to make sure it can remember reliably what it takes in as input. And--here's the tricky part--you have to build special circuitry that understands the different instructions and knows what to do if something unexpected occurs...
...simplest reason for all the extracurricular work may be the strongest: Hollywood remains in a deep recession, and the agency will earn more from one Matsushita-MCA deal than a whole lifetime of 10% fees from Kevin Costner. If Ovitz is able to unload MGM at a decent price, according to a knowledgeable source, Credit Lyonnais will probably pay him north of $30 million. Plus, as long as he has his main talent-peddling business going strong, Ovitz can very profitably cherry-pick in the secondary realms. He can create an ad campaign here and arrange a corporate acquisition there...
Paul E. Johnson has always been a hard man to know. Even does friends say they are not privy to the simplest details of his private life...
...course, everyone agrees that the simplest way to avoid sniffing and sneezing, barring medications, is to try and avoid contact with the allergen...
...considered a cumbersome and ugly solution by many theorists. Says Princeton University's Jeremiah Ostriker: "It's like you're making soup, and you add a little salt, and it doesn't taste right, so you add a little pepper." Still, in the confounding world of astrophysics, the simplest and most elegant theories often fail, and there is no reason to assume that the recipe for the cosmos would be bland...