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...gist of Collor's disagreement with his former Environment Secretary goes right to the core of the Rio summit agenda. Lutzenberger refused to endorse Collor's version of "sustainable development" -- the notion that preservation of Brazil's rain forests and other natural resources is compatible with economic growth. The interim Secretary, a nuclear physicist named Jose Goldemberg, is a strong advocate of this vision of controlled development...
Electric Love Hogs seem to have taken the gist of every stupid heavy metal song, absurdly exalted it and called in it their own. Electric Love Hogs never challenges or confuses its listeners with musical or lyrical originality but instead soothes them with the familiar sounds of their favorite commercial metal stars...
Further supporting the "reporter as virus" thesis, and serving as the impetus for this correction of the record, the gist of your erroneous information was spread by the Gazette in their March 13 issue, without an attempt to confirm its accuracy. (Assuming the Gazette was otherwise correct, Harvard suffered no losses due to this most recent viral nuisance.) Joseph G. Sharp Manager, Facilities and Administrative services
...example of common reactions to Bill Laimbeer should illustrate what I mean. Each time Laimbeer enters Boston Garden (or other hostile arenas) he is invariable greeted with a spattering of signs and a din of obloquy all either literally saying or having the general gist of "Bill Laimbeer stinks." Of course, no fan means by this that Bill Laimbeer needs stronger deodorant. They all are insulting his basketball skills in an attempt to insult him personally...
...have pictured this scene, you get the gist of Kirkland House's presentation of Godspell, one of Broadway's most successful musicals. The production delivers contemporary messages about the Christian faith and encases them in a series of great laughs...