Word: straightforwardly
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Ruella doesn't see success in terms of dreams. To this pragmatist, the reasons for success are straightforward. ?The secret of this company is no secret,? she says. ?Mr. Dolce and Mr. Gabbana provide clothes for lots of women to wear. Yes, we must manage a big company with prudence, but we never speak about ?if we do this, we will find more customers.? Customers want to find what Mr. Dolce and Mr. Gabbana design...
...miles south of Denver, Pueblo (pop. 104,000) is geographically isolated, so many confounding factors--such as the movement of large populations--that you'd find in a big place like New York City, which has had a smoking ban since 2003, are eliminated. Gathering data was also relatively straightforward, since almost all heart attacks in Pueblo are treated in one of two hospitals, both of which maintain electronic medical records...
...participation grade to encourage improved listening, for example, by valuing responses to classmates’ comments over disconnected, individual contributions. I also (with inspiration from insightful student essay of Paul Davis ’07) propose that half our participation grade should be derived from a short, straightforward reading quiz given at the beginning of each section. Not only will a quiz keep well-intending procrastinators such as myself from falling behind on the syllabus, but it will improve the quality of discussions since everyone will be fairly well-versed with the material and not under as much pressure...
...portrayed to be by the media.“So much controversy exists over a conflict that is not very complicated at all,” he said. Although world leaders have grappled with the issue for years, Finkelstein insists that the conflict is “pretty straightforward.”His latest book is entitled “Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History” and argues that Israel avoids taking blame by dismissing accusations made against them—however legitimate—as anti-semitic.A large portion...
...search function is similar to that of online vendor Amazon.com. When users perform a search, Amazon not only spits out a list of results but offers suggestions based on previous buyers’ preferences. Maramaldi said the new site is “user-friendly and straightforward,” and that it aims to provide a broad range of results for each search. Some of the first students to use the database gave positive reviews to the OIP site. A joint anthropology and Slavic languages and literature concentrator in Winthrop House, Alexandra M. Fallows ‘08, said...