The clerk, instead of rolling his eyes at the man next in line, could have asked himself why this woman was so bitterly complaining, after which one simple open-ended question might have opened up a fruitful conversation, not to mention the creation of a genuine human relationship, no matter how fleeting.
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And just to be simple, we open up the state dinner to the press so that they get to see what the inside of the tent is going to look like, what the feel of the dinner is going to be, and what the menu is going to taste like, and all of that good stuff.
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Is a compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large.
It kept taxes low, regulations light, trade open and laws simple but rigorously enforced so as to encourage private investment.
If and when these enzymes are perfected, the way will be open to make simple organisms engineered to carry the new base pair.
Caldwell prevented Maznov from doubling Macedonia's lead seconds later when he blocked his shot after the Scots were cut open by a simple ball forward.
Simple: By adopting an Open Fuel Standard that requires every new car sold in America to have not only have seat-belts and airbags but Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) capability.
The web site administration for this system, a system that can be used to disable automobiles, is protected by simple password authentication that is open to brute force attack.
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The digital ants were given only a few simple rules: find an open seat, wait if the path was blocked, ask other ants to move if they were in the way, etc.
Hopefully, just as Apple was forced to apologise due to the initial backlash, the continuing pressure will make them open up a simple way for you to revert to the old IOS5 Maps app.
Simple, spare, he delivered the details on 16 Super Bowls, the Masters and the U.S. Open tennis tournament with a simple, understated style that was the perfect complement for the "booms!"
"In New Bombay, this new centre, what we've done is try to use some very simple, direct housing which uses open-to-sky space, which is very important in the tradition, " he said.
In general, these simple administrative-type powers and exceptions can open up a world of planning possibilities.
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Anyone who has grilled a cherry tomato, roasted an ear of corn, sampled eggplant slices brushed with olive oil and cooked over an open flame or even broiled a simple mushroom cap can testify to the joys of grilling vegetables.
Sweden, with last-stone advantage, continually cleared British guards to keep the end open and Edin duly won with a simple take-out that removed Britain's stone and left his in the house.
The 11 rooms in the original buildings have a history-steeped charm, but I was more taken with the four Maya cottages, which have mosquito-netted swinging beds under palapa roofs, open-air bathrooms, and gracefully simple decor.
Celebrating his first Easter as pontiff, Francis stuck to the humble style he has embraced since assuming the office, wearing simple vestments and riding through the crowd in an open jeep, waving and kissing babies handed up to him.
"The families of Oak Creek, and Tucson, and Blacksburg, and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence - they deserve a simple vote, " he said.
On scrap paper, we sketched out a simple one-page website that would tell the story of Open Data: Alpha.
Germany has been against this simple but certain path from the start but it seems about to open the gates to this hard road at the end of the month, when Europe must state its solution to the imminent unraveling of the EU financial system or perish.
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As a product of history and faith, Jewish Americans have helped to open our eyes to injustice, to people in need, and to the simple idea that we ought to recognize ourselves in the struggles of our fellow men and women.
Prop Jon Golding drove over from close range to open the scoring before Tom May found Danny Williams on the right wing for a simple catch and touchdown.
Grefe uses dreampop ambience and simple acoustic guitar lines to create magnetic pop hooks that sometimes feel like the crackling of an open-air fire on a cool evening.
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Windows users should have relatively simple control through an app if they just want to play, but where Fritz may shine is its open source nature: the code and hardware schematics will be available for extending support, changing the look or building a larger robot where Fritz is just one part.
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His style escapes simple genre classification, and the guitarist's music pits funky, spitfire lyricism against slide guitar and "open-tuning" riffs.
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The secret, he insists, is simple, and he learned it from Matthews: you do whatever you can to keep your patients' lungs as open as possible.
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