But give the LAT credit for making the most straightforward observation about why some reform is necessary: "...1997 has been the warmest year on record."

The only jarring detail in this otherwise straightforward observation of nature is the description of the swans as "saddened" by the loss of their sister.

R. A. Fisher started to solve the problem in 1930 with the straightforward observation that each of us gets about one-half of our genes from our mother and the other half from our father.

To Sheeana, it was a simple, straightforward observation: That smell equals fear.

These problems arise from more or less straightforward observations.

Identifying the lunar cycle month requires straightforward observation of the Moon on a clear night.

Their fragile equilibrium creates pictorial tension that elevates them above straightforward observation.

Again, Renouf was puzzled because the Captain's voice was a straightforward observation and gave no indication of his view of Michelet's absurd behaviour.

She could set him on edge a dozen times a night with her straightforward observations, particularly of him.

The realization for this paradox comes from the rather straightforward observation that there are numerous decision-making methods (both normative and descriptive) each one of which claims to be the "best" one.