Word: nugget
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...gets stopped up in the arteries of the legislative system, we ordinary Americans should still take to heart our patriotic duty toward McDonald’s and consume as much trans-fatty acid as possible at our local Golden Arches. For the whole issue really boils down to this nugget: which clown do we want representing our nation, 1) Ronald McDonald or 2) George W. Bush...
Such a conclusion is hard to reach from media coverage of the Forum. U.S. coverage was unfriendly, but the New York Times on Nov. 10 managed to capture an important nugget of truth overlooked by a more sympathetic European press. The Times led with discussion of pre-emptive border controls and precautionary measures to defend Michelangelo’s David but faltered over the anti-climactic facts of the day. There were no arrests; there was no “serious violence.” Pairing anti-climax with sarcasm, the Times reports: “[a female protestor] used...
...where is the nugget of truth? Whereas Europe breathed a sigh of relief and smiled approvingly at its peaceful marchers, a frustrated Times vacillates schizophrenically between two stories—impending violence and summer of love—never quite integrating the narratives. The fact of Florence is that its eye-liner wielding peaceniks were wielding cobble-stones and petrol-bombs in Genoa. Since Genoa, they have shaken Italy’s government with two general strikes and the continuing occupation of factories by some 70,000 “redundant” Fiat workers. Yet in Florence they took...
...Vapir seems a rich man’s toy even when one accounts for the free single-strapped Vapir tote bag and the font of wisdom that is the Vapir users’ manual, which alone is likely worth upwards of $100. Here’s but one golden nugget from the manual: “Many enjoy vaporizing with dimmed lights and a favorite CD...we suggest the Vapir World Beat...
...collapse was reminiscent of a year before, when the team started 10-2 but dropped its last five. Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton took this series of losses harder and typically couldn’t offer postgame explanations beyond the nugget he offered up after the Dartmouth loss: “We didn’t play the way we know how to play...