Word: straightforwardly
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...being the most powerful risk factor for schizophrenia. And, in fact, the new study found that the added risk associated with maternal stress disappeared in children whose mothers already had a family history of mental illness - showing once again that the interplay of environment and genes is anything but straightforward...
...term “cybernetic organism.” Essentially, we’re talking about a being that has both organic parts and robot parts. These parts are integrated and form a functioning system. Typically, this means using robotic elements to extend existing human capabilities. Seems pretty straightforward: RoboCop is a cyborg, for example...
...sure, the price of postage is only one issue among many—including on-site registration and limited absentee voting—but it’s one that needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. The process of voting by mail needs to be made more straightforward or citizens may be unfairly disenfranchised—the best and easiest way to do this is to abolish the de facto tax that taints the process...
...Some analysts have speculated that the deal conveniently earns BofA the political goodwill it will need if it ever wants to expand its consumer-banking business. (The bank already holds close to the federal limit of 10% of the nation's deposits.) Lewis says his motivation is much more straightforward: to complete his vision of a truly national bank serving every financial need that any American might have, by adding the one missing piece - mortgages...
...that straightforward anymore. Voters see the larger forces at work. More and more economists are declaring the country to be on the verge of a recession, if not in one already, thanks to the collapse of the housing industry. There are trouble signs in just about every economic indicator: tapped-out consumers spending less and unemployment and inflation creeping up. All this is layered on top of worries over rising health-care costs, oil prices that have the typical household spending $1,300 more on gasoline a year than it did five years ago. Then there is the growing realization...