Plenty of central banks issue them as a sideline (although a simple ingot, if you can afford one, is better value).

ECONOMIST: Crock of gold

Although yeast is a simple organism, its molecular biology is a lot more mammal-like than a bacterium's.

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Fulham had barely threatened as an attacking force, although former Everton striker Brian McBride did bring a simple save from Howard on the stroke of half-time.

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Although it has the same kind of simple approach to a login as a Facebook or Twitter pop-up window, Persona's emphasis is on privacy: it stops paying attention the moment credentials go through, keeping any diatribes or subscription details from landing in social streams or central databases.

ENGADGET: Mozilla Persona sign-in launches in beta, skips the social networking ball and chain (video)

Although it seems fairly straightforward and simple there is actually a tremendous amount of pedaling and steering involved, along with counting gears, remembering what parts on the course are rough or soft and need to be avoided, looking at RPM, paying attention to the sounds of the engine and the car and being on alert for the unexpected to happen.

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The typical Lyme infection responds to simple antibiotics, although symptoms like arthritis and fatigue may linger in a subset of patients.

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Although the median pension did show a positive return for the period, it significantly underperformed a simple portfolio of index funds.

FORBES: An Easy Way to Reduce State Debt

Although it takes two-thirds of legislators to pass a tax increase, fees could be increased by a simple majority vote.

ECONOMIST: California's budget

It could be a single device with various multimedia goodies: digital camera, video recorder, gaming device, wireless device, and cell phone although knowing Apple's penchant for maintaining simple interfaces, it's also likely we could see a whole lineup of multimedia devices catering to specific niches, complete with a common development platform for the fleet of Alphamosaic-based iPods.

ENGADGET: Multimedia iPod(s) by end of 2005?