Word: simplest
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...simplest and most obvious reason: the world is a pretty miserable place for many people. If we can reconstruct the history of life as somehow inherently directed toward us, it is a very comforting thought. It is an old one too. It is embodied right in Genesis 1. We are not willing to give it up easily...
...Thank God" because it's intellectually satisfying to know that there still exist adherents to that simplest, most hallowed of all philosophies: hedonism...
...spacious and sunny Washington office, an anonymous senior Administration official sits and discusses U.S. options in Indochina. "The simplest approach in Cambodia," he theorizes, "is to let the military situation play itself...
...Folklore abounded, and a little of it goes a long way. Saint Laurent reminded everyone that he got there first by starting his presentation with a reprise of his famous "rich peasant" couture collection of the mid-'70s. Ungaro's sumptuous clothes also paid homage to that look. The simplest pseudo peasant was Kenzo, who, with his customary lack of pretension, threw together vivid knit patterns and topped them off with enormous babushkas...