The comments from Senator Wayne Bryant, chairman of the Senate budget panel, came after the state treasurer testified that poorer-than-expected tax collections have eliminated easy solutions to state budget woes.
This made it imperative that the U.S. push conflicts to distant battlefields, if possible, and to reduce (or eliminate) such easy American targets as overseas airbases and huge aircraft-carrier battle groups.
It would eliminate the easy solution of merely passing a disproportionate share of the increased cost on to students and their families in what amounts to a highly regressive tax.
"We need to eliminate the easy goals we're giving up, on turnovers especially," Brown said.
Changing the case from one meant to be thrown away to one meant to be shown off wasn't easy: eliminating the lipstick's metal pan (which would have shown through the plastic) took a year, during which time, Tsao notes, "We built a 15-story building".
Ending smallpox, the only disease to have been eliminated, was easier for at least two reasons: people travelled much less and there was far less suspicion of the motives of westerners bearing vials.
And finally, what if we could also eliminate the easy-to-guess "account reset questions" that are the Achilles' heel of many systems that try to help manage passwords?
She suggested the importance of breaking the behavioral chain of overeating and the need to eliminate the "easiest calories first," choosing a dietary plan that is safe and in keeping with the individual preferences of each patient, and she stressed the importance of being ready to switch approaches if a patient does not respond to a particular approach.
Rather, look for tasks you can readily eliminate and easier ways to do what remains.
"The Internet has been huge because it made transactions easier, eliminating the need for faxes and letters".
