Word: straightforwardness
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...third prime-time press conference of Bush’s presidency—the president tried hard to deflect blame for everything from the Sept. 11 attacks to Iraq’s missing weapons of mass destruction. But by refusing to accept the slightest blame, or answer the most straightforward questions about his actions, Bush continues to undermine progress abroad. The Iraqi people, the international community and increasing numbers of American citizens are learning to distrust and dismiss statements from this White House, and in the global war on terror, such lack of credibility and worldwide cooperation will be disastrous...
...Unlike the elegant prose of novelist Anchee Min's 1994 memoir Red Azalea (Min was similarly plucked from serfdom to join Madam Mao's cultural crusade), Li's straightforward narrative rarely delves into agonizing emotional battles, nor does Li use his experiences to comment on social and political issues. Mao's Last Dancer is nonetheless a moving story, and considering the books dedicated to Cultural Revolution horrors, it's heartening to read that someone was able to dance his way through...
...fear is pretty close to primal. And so, especially if they're American made, the movies have turned to this topic on a regular basis. If an anxiety is common enough, there's usually a dollar or two to be made on it. Parental nerves are currently fueling such straightforward pictures as Man on Fire, a revenge film, and Godsend, in which the spirit of a wicked child haunts the mind of a good one, with risible results. These films move to a standard beat, leaving us wanting to hear the sounds of a different drummer...
...everyone thinks the implications of science in a post-Sept. 11 environment are so straightforward...
...also going to be difficult to get much out of the course. This class, which shall remain nameless to protect the innocent, involved a lot of naming different kinds of vertebrates, drawing different kinds of plants, and measuring water levels at various points. All this was fairly straightforward, but then the class collectively experienced a collision of tectonic plates. To explain: Geological movements portrayed in ambiguous pictorial form are difficult to understand, no matter how many times you explain them. I’m still not entirely sure how exactly a coral reef is formed. It was a debilitating experience...