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...Cyrus stars as Miley Stewart in Hannah Montana, the cable channel's live-action show about a girl who leads a normal life by day but at night dons a blonde wig to perform as a famous pop star (Hannah). It's a role that has turned Cyrus into a real-life TV star and Hannah Montana into a monster hit among a generation of tweens too young for Degrassi and too old for Dora the Explorer. "In Miley we found the perfect girl to carry off this part," says executive producer Michael Poryes. "She has a kind of strength...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Disney Star Is Born | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...Cyrus takes her newfound success in stride. She says she understands why Hannah Montana is so popular. "Kids relate to it," Cyrus told TIME. "They see Miley Stewart as a normal girl with a huge dream. It shows them never to give up on their dreams, which is a cool thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Disney Star Is Born | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

According to the study, women with a BMI of 30 or above are 19 percent less likely to suffer premenopausal breast cancer than those with a BMI between 20 and 22.2, a range the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention classifies as normal...

Author: By Erin F. Riley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BMI Linked To Breast Cancer | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...unaccounted for, but sacrificing that day’s classes is well worth the advantage of a contiguous nine-day vacation. And if it is untenable for the College to give up one day, it can follow Princeton’s model: Begin classes on the Thursday before our normal Monday start, and have students pick up one extra Friday of classes. (SEE CORRECTION BELOW...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: More Turkey Days | 11/28/2006 | See Source »

...come from the lowest socioeconomic backgrounds, while over 90 percent of students at these selective institutions come from households above the median American income ($60,000 per year). This lack in socioeconomic diversity is also linked to racial diversity, skewing not only students’ perceptions of what is normal or average in this country, but also what racial categories such as “Asian American” really represent...

Author: By Deborah Y. Ho and Shayak Sarkar | Title: Convenient Elitism | 11/27/2006 | See Source »

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