Sadly, I have to admit, they seem so simple that no one believes they can work.

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While they might seem like simple determinations, the calculations involved in answering those questions are incredibly complex.

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Being that things are never as simple as they seem, the biggest servicers in the business are actually subsidiaries of the biggest banks in the land.

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They seem right at home in a simple and satisfying rice bowl.

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Things are not nearly as simple or clear-cut as they might seem.

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French adolescents have for years been deprived of the simple pleasure of riding about on four wheels, and if they seem to find an excessive number of military missions for themselves, all of which involve riding down the boulevards and cheering, nobody can blame them.

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While that may seem to violate his rule against accumulating stuff, he likes how simple they are compared with cars.

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However, investors seem to be giving the stocks they own the crew-cut treatment even when a simple trim would be more appropriate.

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