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Hard-Fi Stars of CCTV (Atlantic) 1.5 of 5 Stars Pop quiz: Hard-Fi, Kaiser Chiefs, and the Bravery—which of these bands is not like the others? Trick question: they’re all absolutely identical. While Hard-Fi may be the British buzz band of the moment, they don’t add anything new to an iPod that already contains the Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, and Franz Ferdinand. In fact, as the album progresses, it becomes clear that “Stars of CCTV” is nothing more than a catalogue of pre-fabricated...
Name: Margaret Marian RossmanAliases: Mags, The Maglet, Tooth, Toothie, Marge, Cookie, Magledon, Magster, Maggie May, Ocelot, Magoo, Lucas, Magdog, Quiz, MMR, mmrface, Magli, and simply, Maggie.I’ve been called, and answered to, every name on that list, and I’m sure a few more. (There’s an easy formula—start with Mag and add anything to the end.) This doesn’t even include the long list of names I could have been called if you follow the listings of alternate forms for Margaret in any baby book. Feel free...
DIED. PEDRO GONZALEZ GONZALEZ, 80, dextrous physical comedian and one of Hollywood's earliest recognizable Mexican actors; in Culver City, Calif. In 1953 the aspiring comedian won a spot on Groucho Marx's quiz show You Bet Your Life. His goofy dances and witty exchanges with Marx led to a contract with John Wayne and roles in such films as The High and the Mighty and Rio Bravo...
...team of seven admirers. Wenxin Xu ’09, a Biochemical Sciences concentrator in Wigglesworth Hall, wrote in an e-mail that though he thinks it would be “a lot to ask” for a multiple choice survey to unite soulmates, the quiz was entertaining enough in itself to be worth the effort. “It would be fun to meet whoever I end up with—not necessarily romantically, of course,” Xu wrote. But, he added, “The survey was so far-out that I think anyone...
...TIME.COM POP QUIZ: Who was the last American athlete to win gold in a Winter Olympic Alpine ski event? Phil Mahre Bode Miller Tommy Moe Picabo Street FOR THE ANSWER Go to time.com/olympicquiz, where you can test your knowledge about the history of the Winter Olympic Games...