Word: simpler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sports, showing but never speaking of love, depression, disdain, fear. He says he'll never run out of stories, though he keeps his bar-association membership current, just in case. He loves what he does, and has never collided with writer's block. Advice to young novelists? Nothing simpler: "You're a bricklayer, you lay bricks...
Pointing to our dark living rooms is less painful than voting for much-needed energy taxes. It is simpler than supporting tough national energy policy like Singapore's, in which the government limits the number of cars that are licensed and charges a fee for driving downtown. It is easier than setting aside scarce federal funds for research into alternative fuels like natural gas, or limitless power like solar or wind energy...
...such a bad idea), we should press for the total isolation and destruction of the South African economy. But then again, isn't the point of sanctions to resolve conflicts without resorting to military force? If we want a military solution, an outright invasion would doubtless be simpler and more cost-effective than inducing our adversary's citizens to rise up in revolt...
...decade ago, a government study in China estimated that the nation's water resources might support only 700 million people. That was alarming, since the population had already reached 900 million. Unable to increase the supply, the Politburo took the simpler expedient of revising the study to conclude that there was enough water for 1.1 billion people. As the population continues to grow and now surpasses the 1.1 billion mark, China has gradually increased the numbers in the study...
Animation remains a curiously old-fashioned, labor-intensive craft. A typical feature-length film requires 100,000 frames, or cels, each of which has to be painted by hand. Even with simpler TV animation, a half-hour cartoon usually requires 16 to 18 weeks of production, compared with three or four weeks for a live-action show. To save money, much of the work is shipped overseas, usually to the Far East. Artists there do most of the frame-by-frame drawings, working from character models and storyboards prepared in the U.S. Computer animation is also being used to provide...