Word: straightforwardness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...came via an Osaka housewife, and it had nothing to do with impeachment. "How did you apologize to Mrs. Clinton and Chelsea?" she asked him at a town-hall forum. "Did they really forgive you, Mr. President?" Replied Clinton: "Well, I did it in a direct and straightforward manner, and I believe they did, yes. That's really a question you could ask them better than me." It was perhaps the only fact that Americans too still wanted to know...
...something erupted in her chest with a gush and in her mind's eye she saw her hands forty years younger..." Although the device can be potentially confusing, it all manages to work, the stream-of-consciousness-like presentation of Ann's memories standing in cool contrast with the straightforward narration of her conversation with Arden or the idle talk of her children...
...through "Guitar" and "Mexico," a slow, soft and charming waltz that takes your hand and asks you to dance. The very first track, "Satan is my Motor," is sweet and funky at the same time; it's all you need to be happy for three minutes and twelve seconds. Straightforward and simple, the energy of the album is unmistakable. It's all so easy to like, so comfortable and exciting from the moment you first hear it. You can just feel yourself driving down the freeway under the summer sun, windows rolled all the way down, singing along...
...mystery about this self-explanatory connection, but at last Schine introduces a secret family feud. However, the writing again makes any interest vanish. Throughout the novel, the rules of algebra and syllogism appear, "If A=(?) and B=(?), then all one has to prove is (?)." The logic is straightforward, giving the reader time for their own conclusions: if chapter 1=(heavy blinking) and chapter 2=(mind shifting) then all one has to prove is (?). The blending of science and soul does not happen...
...government never did use the D word, but Justice Department lawyers have good tactical reasons for keeping Gates' own words and deeds at the heart of their case. Justice began its antitrust campaign against Microsoft with a straightforward claim that the company was guilty of improperly "bundling" its Internet Explorer browser into its popular Windows software. Judge Jackson bought the argument, but it was shot down by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals--a reversal that Microsoft viewed as decisive. Justice is now making a more wide-ranging argument that there is a pervasive pattern of Microsoft's using...