This open-ended approach, though, has not endeared Republicans to the public before the Nov. 3 elections.

"I came in with a much more liberal, open-ended approach to things," said Evangeline Avlonitis, a fourth-grade teacher.

This open-ended approach made PanzerBlitz a highly replayable game system, a feature widely emulated by subsequent games.

Under Pratt's leadership, the City and Country School developed an open-ended approach to teaching and learning that led to the design of several well-known programs.

Now often separated by vast space, the two remain committed to an open-ended approach that is everywhere apparent in "The Journals."

"The nice thing about working this way," he said of his open-ended approach, "is that you don't predict what the outcome will be."

The site's open-ended approach ensures a more complete family tree, but it will likely need more permissions and controls as it grows.

The film's director, Arthur Penn, said that anything less than a straightforward, realistically open-ended approach to the subject was not contemplated.

When it came to titling his art, Smith had an open-ended approach.

But Spore's open-ended approach to creature design fundamentally broke that system.