To a layperson, the case against Goldman may seem clear cut.
On the surface the dynamics may seem clear cut, the good guys and bad guys easy to identify.
Frank Mugisha, a gay-rights activist whom I wrote about for the magazine, in 2012, was optimistic; to him, the case against the law seemed clear cut.
The response seemed clear cut – remove al-Qaida from Afghanistan, capture Bin Laden and topple his Taliban facilitators so that al-Qaida can't take root there again.
It seemed clear cut, though Aleem Dar looked at another five replays, just to induce a few more coronaries among South African fans.
In this era of relativism, an interest in the debates over slavery and America's most destructive war can reflect a discontent with the present, on the part of both blacks and whites, and a longing for an era when moral issues seemed clear cut.
Although this was not without risk, it seems clear-cut.
If she says it is not, she must explain her reasoning in a report to lawmakers by Sept. 9. On one level, the decision seems clear-cut.
At first glance, Kloor's evidence for insinuating that the study led by applied mathematician Safa Motesharrei had no connection to Nasa seems clear-cut.
For once, the direction of causation seems clear-cut: temperature might conceivably lead to a civil war, but a civil war is unlikely to affect temperature (other than metaphorically).Precisely how the chain of causation works remains unclear for now.
