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...something far more mundane: words. Jay-Z's aptly titled classic What More Can I Say is more than 800 words long, and when it's over, you know everything you could possibly need to know about him. (By contrast, James Blunt's pop ballad You're Beautiful has fewer than 200 words, half of which are beautiful.) Now multiply What More Can I Say's 800 words by 12 to make an album, then multiply again by the number of albums in a catalog, and it's obvious why most rappers peak early: they literally run out of things...
...Benedict's critics may be no fewer, but his lifetime appointment to be supreme pontiff helps shield him from the potential schisms facing Williams. While the 79-year-old pontiff has said he wants to give greater voice to bishops, his Church can count on the stability that comes in having one man with the authority to resolve any internal dispute. Democracy-in-Catholicism advocates, however, argue, that the Pope's absolute authority does not allow for truly honest and open debate of evolving issues facing the Church. Another downside - as was on display in Regensburg, Germany with Benedict...
...Medicine found that the risk of estrogen- and progesterone-receptor-positive breast cancer increased most in those nurses who ate the most red meat. Women who ate more than 1 1/2 servings of red meat a day had nearly double the risk, compared with those who ate three or fewer servings a week. The authors offered several theories for what's behind the correlation. One possibility is that red meat delivers too much iron in a form that promotes cancer. Another is that carcinogens form in meat as it is cooked. Yet another (and one that I would...
...weekend as a whole also generated fewer hospital admissions than in previous years, according to Travia...
...such as Brain Age and Guitar Hero, which attract the mainstream audience, often don't require the most advanced hardware--it's their novelty, storytelling and fun factor that count. Moreover, game publishers are increasingly going to multiplatform strategies for big titles, as production costs have soared. That means fewer exclusive games for one console system, an ominous sign for Sony with the priciest box on the shelves...