Bank lobbyists have aggressively lobbied regulators against implementing a straightforward Volcker Rule banning proprietary trading, arguing that would punish harmless trades made on behalf of clients -- so-called market making activities -- or efforts to hedge against risk.
But aid workers in Afghanistan tend to regard the ban as straightforward and commendable.
Had it been a guy in the office, or someone in the crowd, it would have been a straightforward sacking or lifetime ban.
North Carolina's ban is more straightforward, but still somewhat tricky, to predict.
It seems to make perfect sense to me that a ban is more straightforward and clear cut".
In other news, Natalie Bennett has told Newsnight they don't want to ban the Grand National after all - more straightforward than working out government spending.
But the argument for banning abortion and embryo-destructive research is "straightforward," George told me several times.
Wozniacki will be the favourite against Zahlavova-Strycova, who served a six-month ban for doping last year, but on this evidence it is unlikely to be straightforward.
While this is the most straightforward and reliable method for ending finning, it is not mandated in most countries' finning bans or on the high seas.
