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...image is reinforced by a facing page showing the Arabic numeral, the number written out and a brief description of the critter part being counted. As the numbers go up, the images tend to get more complex (16 catfish whiskers, 18 diamond markings on a rattlesnake), but even the simpler ones are ingenious, as in a chameleon's three colors blending into a tricolor scene. After 20, the book takes us back to 1 with a lone humpback whale--an invitation to start over, which little arithmeticians will want to do again and again...
...others do the same. Last year she started a "simplicity circle" that gets into high gear during the holiday season. A woman in her group, a Buddhist, has eliminated toys with batteries or ones made of plastic from her secular celebration in an attempt to introduce her children to simpler pleasures. Another, an environmentalist, won't give any gifts that aren't made from recycled or natural sources. Others, following Pursell's example, have cut back on the tonnage of tinsel and toys...
...polls did not extend much further than “to elect or not elect”—to no fault of their own. Bush did not campaign on any substantive platform. He vowed to “revamp” the tax code and make it simpler and more efficient. He vowed to “finish the job” in Iraq. He vowed to stand for good ol’ American values. But unfortunately none of those things give Bush license to do much of anything...
...Carlin, the issue is perhaps a simpler one. “It’s just really nice to be back here,” the recent graduate says...
...must throw our support behind the opt-out side and urge voters to do so as well. Given that students must already opt-out of the student activities fee, and given that the Student Receivables Office has vowed to make the opt-out mechanism for online bills simpler and more straight-forward, the objections about coercing added support seem misplaced. If the issue is simply that too many students’ parents skip over the fine print, we think it better to err on the side of more support rather than less. The issue of climate control is simply...