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...takeaway message of the book is that, really, we should be cautious at ridiculing or diminishing other people's beliefs because we all entertain beliefs. Once we recognize that, we can be a little bit more understanding of where they come from. If you read this book, you'll certainly never be a bore at a dinner party. Everyone has experiences, and you're dealing with a lot of deep-seated convictions which are very difficult to get people to abandon. So in reading the book, you're going to discover a whole realm of thoughts that most people never...
...thought Kerry had huge saves when we really needed them; I thought Sam had a huge takeaway when we really needed one,” Miller said. “They played hard, which we need to do for the rest of the season...
...case the message was not clear, seniors, please give. Our takeaway from the video was that all donations go directly to the Queen's Head, and we endorse that purpose wholeheartedly. Next year we'll do a parody of "I'm on a boat" and call it even...
...takeaway for liberals was clear: In such a situation, government must spend rapidly and lavishly to avoid a similar fate. This month, Geithner pledged that the administration was “going to do our best” to eschew Japan’s example. Last October, Summers compared the downturn to our current recession in a Financial Times column. And, in his first White House press conference, Obama warned that if Washington dithered, the U.S. might suffer a “lost decade” like Japan...
...Lowdown: Burger's replication of Milgram's famous demonstration was watered down somewhat; a review of his findings by University of California-Davis professor Alan Elms terms the study "Obedience Lite." The electric charges were purposefully subtler and the conditions less stressful. But the takeaway is no less disturbing: humanity's threshold for cruelty is, like everything else, situational. We seem wired to follow orders, even when they're harmful to others. In her chilling portrayal of Nazi middle-manager Adolf Eichmann, Hannah Arendt famously excoriated this impulse as "the banality of evil." Evil is way too strong a word...