Word: nugget
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...some scant evidence that the young, would-be novelist (Anne Hathaway) had a flirtation with an impecunious Irish lawyer named Tom LeFroy (James McAvoy) that came to a lot less than this movie rather melodramatically makes it out to be. Call it, perhaps, a fantasy based on a stray nugget of historical gossip...
...keep college blogging civilized. But that may not be much consolation to the hardworking staffs of Harvard-Radcliffe TV and the Harvard College Democrats, whose homemade videos were described by IvyGate commenters as “TORTURE” and a “poo nugget,” respectively. You don’t need a name to go ad hominem...
...search engines for a variety of tasks; from locating that hard-to-find toner cartridge for an obsolete printer, that last informational nugget for a research project or a flight status on a stormy day in Denver. But sometimes, when we're alone with our computers, perhaps late at night, a search page can double as our therapist or confidant, an inanimate object capable of answering questions about our darkest fears...
...That nugget of fake news--on the satirical website bigfib.com--makes fun of the looming choice of a successor to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who steps down at year's end. If only the selection were that easy. In reality, the horsetrading and power politics involved in the search--which begins in earnest when diplomats gather this month in New York City for the 61st General Assembly--aren't much...
...Within weeks of the shift ashore, new casino players like the Golden Nugget bought land in Biloxi for casino development. Harrah's Casino, owner of the destroyed Grand Casinos in Gulfport and Biloxi, sold its Gulfport location, moved everything to Biloxi and bought out a smaller casino for future expansion. And, the crown jewel of coast casinos - the huge Beau Rivage in Biloxi - announced a massive renovation beyond its Katrina damage. It plans to observe the one-year anniversary of the storm with a grand reopening to salute returning employees...