In recent years the psychologist Roy F. Baumeister has shown that the force metaphor has a kernel of neurobiological reality.
Maybe that's a bit of an oversimplification, but it has a kernel of truth.
Zimbabwe still has a kernel of civil society and free institutions.
But like every other clich?this one has a kernel of truth.
Most are simply scenes at various stages of development, although each has a kernel of conflict and each has flashes of humor.
It has a kernel of superb reporters, correspondents and columnists who give it charisma beyond what should be expected for the budget at their disposal.
"It has an immediate appeal but there is a mystery too... not all is revealed and the greatest art always does have a kernel of mystery".
Both of these claims may have a kernel of truth, but unfortunately Dr Lehr's analysis makes significant errors of fact and interpretation.
And while some criticisms have a kernel of truth, it remains hard to argue that a movement fighting climate change and promoting social equality is a bad thing.
However, not all early cold treatments had a kernel of science to them.
The trouble with myths is that they often have a kernel of truth to them.
