kernel

There is no doubt a kernel of truth in much of what people are saying.

As we alluded to earlier, Trump described himself during the all-woman town hall, with no kernel of truth to be found anywhere in our galaxy, as the “father of IVF,” and also referred to Alabama Sen. Katie Britt as “fantastically attractive.”

Let's start from the kernel of the idea that led to Blake playing this role.

He was a centrist, Angeli-Chansley told me, and though initially I suppressed a laugh, I began to suspect that there was a kernel of truth there—especially when it came to trust in government.

“But the Caraibeira tree produces a seed pod, almost like helicopter seeds. The Spix’s had never seen anything like it before. We put those in the cages and some picked them up and immediately knew how to open them and eat the kernel inside, which was totally remarkable and took us by surprise.”