Word: straightforwardly
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...Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” the first full-length feature starring the titular team. Their initial appearances in a series of celebrated short films in the ’90s have amassed a fan base that adores their wry, unmistakably British humor. The formula is straightforward but enchanting. Wallace is the bald, big-grinned inventor with a different job in every film but two constant passions: wacky, necessarily unnecessary contraptions and a good hunk of cheese. Gromit is his resourceful mutt, who becomes a mute Watson to Wallace’s Sherlock Holmes whenever a mystery arises...
...types is, Why? What is it about J.P.L. that has made it the little space engine that could? The lab is undeniably a science center first. But it's a business of sorts too, facing all the challenges that confront any going concern. Industry could learn something from six straightforward rules J.P.L. has always taken care to follow, rules that may have done more than anything else to make it such a thriving operation...
...basic structure of the UC is fairly straightforward. Although you just vote for UC representatives, most of the work is done in three committees: the Student Affairs Committee (SAC), which advocates for the student body (like pressing the administration to have a 24-hour library), the Financial Committee (FiCom), which allocates grant money (the UC had about $213,500 to give to student groups last year), and the Campus Life Committee (CLC), which plans campus-wide events. Each House or Yard gets three representatives. With some exceptions, the winners choose committees based on the number of votes they...
...into the “dating jungle” is strategic flirting. But don’t sweat: the art of flirtation is not rocket science—it is simply a common sense technique to inform people that you’re available (and interested) without being pathetically straightforward about it. If done properly, it is the most successful way to bring you closer to grabbing up your future partner (Unless, of course, you resort to knocking him across the head with a club and dragging him back to your dorm room...
...They both can explain their theories in a very straightforward manner that’s not overwhelming,” said Emily F. Murphy ’07, a former student of Pinker and a current student of Putnam. “They both would get my vote...