Word: straightforwardness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only real candidate out there thus far, John McCain, is enigmatic and probably too straightforward to cope with the vital internationalism of the presidency. Gore is due for an early retirement package. He has never been his own man, relying too heavily on polls, as Clinton does. That is anathema to leadership. Restoring America as the cure-all for the free world's problems will be of benefit not only to Americans but also to everyone else around the globe. MIKE BOUCHARD Burlington...
...rational choice proponent Kenneth Shepsle, who recently ended his term as chair of Harvard's department, says his methodology is attacked simply because it is straightforward in stating its assumptions about human motivation so strongly...
According to Stanton, his fundraising assignment was straightforward. "They asked me to do things, and I just did them," he says...
...left the theater, my initial evaluation of The Limey was "...interesting." But as I proceeded to tell friends to check it out, I realized films don't come out very frequently for which there is no easy reaction. Either you love it (and it was straightforward, practiced perfect entertainment) or you hate it (and it didn't capture that streamlined pulse of Hollywood). But I have to commend a director and cast who take risks in a film where risk is the point...
...store, flash his driver's license and $129 and walk out with a deadly weapon. Or if he had not been able to have 200 bullets sent to him at Simon's Rock College by a mail-order arms company. To my friend Greg, there is a straightforward conclusion to be drawn from the mystery of Galen's death. "We've just got too many guns in this country. We've got to get rid of them." Anyone who reads Gone Boy will find it hard to disagree...