Word: nugget
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Jesus, I’ve fallen.” The song’s religious overtones do not quite fit with the remainder of the adolescent-themed album, but thrown listeners will feel right at home as the record then effortlessly transitions into a somewhat predictable pop-punk nugget, “Until Morning.” Armed with chugging guitars and swelling vocals, Carrabba asks his lover to stay by his side, proclaiming, “If this is heaven, or if it’s just a warning / Say you will stay with me, even if it?...
Disney's much admired ability to maximize profit from every pop-culture nugget it creates - this is a company that made billions of dollars from movies based on Pirates of the Caribbean, a cheesy 10-minute boat ride - works only if it continues to create appealing characters and stories that it can cross-promote. When Gomez released her new album, Kiss & Tell, on Sept. 29, she celebrated with an appearance on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. She has a song that plays during the end credits of the first Tinkerbell DVD. While on hiatus from her show, Wizards...
It’s quickly apparent that Ian brings a cerebral bent to his work. He actively seeks and hoards information, isolating and then coddling a nugget of curiosity until it blossoms into a sprawling research project. A few years ago, Ian decided he needed to understand economics, so he bought a batch of textbooks off of Amazon and EBay to work through. Most days, he says, he puts in an hour or so on Wikipedia. On a recent October afternoon, “William III of England” is open on his computer—just to look...
Have you ever raised an idea in one of your pieces and then later - say, when a new nugget of information emerges - realized it was off the mark? Yeah. Or, more often, additional evidence starts to pile up and you realize you just positioned the article the wrong way. In The Tipping Point, I would write the chapter about the decline of crime in New York differently, just because we know so much more about crime than we used...
...Those few friends became 350,000 visitors, thanks to Twitter and Facebook's ability to turn even the most obscure nugget into a trend. In just three days, thousands of people have left Byrne Fields messages, posted comments, and e-mailed their appreciation. Byrne Fields says she is grateful but overwhelmed by the response. "I wish I could reply to everyone individually, but there's no way I have time for it. I guess that's how John Hughes felt, actually...