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When the Simple Solution Is the Right One These days, when it is oh so easy to order sophisticated medical tests, sometimes the best test, and the best treatment, can be low-tech. Simple rules for comfortable retirement Remember the tortoise and the hare? Slow but steady works in investing, too. If you want to retire with a comfortable nest egg, here are some simple rules that can get you there. IRAQS INHERENT CONFUSION BLURS U.S. MILITARY VISION WASHINGTON -- During that mad fall of 2002 when just about all the think tanks here had jumped aboard the war wagon -- I went to many of the sessions on Iraq for the simple reason that I could not believe reality -- one of the more idiotic exchanges occurred at the conservative Heritage Foundation. Simple reason for difficult behavior: shes a girl GIBSONBURG -- Kristofor and I are on the phone chatting about Hannah, his 2-year-old. Air tantrum: How to avoid becoming the family taken off the plane How do you avoid becoming the family that got kicked off an airplane after their crying 3-year-old refused to take her seat? Experts say rewarding kids for cooperation, distracting them with simple games and telling them in advance whats going to happen can help. But at the end of the day, you may just have to take control, restrain the child, and comply with the rules. Simple acts can narrow ethics-law loopholes It’s ethics, stupid. Maybe a sign like that was posted somewhere in some candidate’s campaign headquarters the past year. At least, it should have been if anyone was still wondering what the election was all about. Leadership role at USO started with a simple gift A newspaper article about the need for care packages for troops overseas was what led Deborah Fisher to call the USO in 2003. Simple reason for difficult behavior: shes a girl GIBSONBURG -- Kristofor and I are on the phone chatting about Hannah, his 2-year-old. Heres what I dont understand -- were having a great day building with blocks and playing zoo with all of the animals when she suddenly stops, looks up, gives the room a quick eyeball search and then starts squalling. Peter Hyman: This Just In: NYT Discovers Black People Like Music Other Than Hip Hop The formula for the ever-present Trend Story is simple enough. One: Manufacture the idea. Two: Find at least three civilian examples that represent whatever subculture you are uncovering. Three: Pepper it with a couple of expert quotes which support your contention. Four: Co-opt a term that had previously been used as slang. Five: photograph the subjects in their glossy, 4-color majesty. (I ... Students use simple machines to make tasks more difficult, more fun Rube Goldberg might turn over in his grave, or he might just laugh about how things always stay the same, even when they change. | ||