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...need to know a variety of other things because I know what's true for me," argues Charles Kimball, a Baptist minister and professor of religion at Wake Forest University. In other words, the approach of a Christian in Bible study searching for the small inarguable nugget of scriptural truth that will enable him to understand God's love for him, ignore all distractions and stay sober, may not be the best one for deciding what to do next in Iraq...
...popularity of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” is a good example of our sensitivity to context. Unlike other nighttime political humor on the Leno-Letterman-Conan axis, Stewart relies less on jokes that begin with a nugget of news, followed by a made-up punch line. For the most part, the humor of his “fake” news routine lies in the fact that it’s not fake at all…he allows politicians and journalists to mock themselves. My friends and I often blink in disbelief...
...loss of Chick-Fil-A has left some students craving one last nugget or sandwich...
...meditation is demystified and mainstreamed, the methods have become more streamlined. There's less incense burning today, but there remains a nugget of Buddhist philosophy: the belief that by sitting in silence for 10 minutes to 40 minutes a day and actively concentrating on a breath or a word or an image, you can train yourself to focus on the present over the past and the future, transcending reality by fully accepting it. In its most modern, Americanized forms, it has dropped the creepy mantra bit that has you memorize a secret phrase or syllable; instead you focus...
...there were 11 of us. Everyone sat down and I was the odd man out, so he came and sat with me at another table. Yes, awww, isn’t Krish sweet? But that’s something I’ll always remember because, in a nugget, that’s what he’s about...