Because the essence of good journalism is answering complex questions.

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Over and over again he took complex situations, understood their essence, and used that understanding to make a bold definitive move, often in a completely unexpected direction.

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Others use more complex formulas, but in essence all these tests are an attempt to guestimate how much income retirees can take each year without outliving their assets.

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Second, the essence of public health decision-making involves complex tradeoffs and cost-benefit calculations.

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This advice has to do with the way password crackers work, in essence it is harder to break a longer more complex password.

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There are other more complex rules and behaviors that fall in place but in essence this is the working model.

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