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...sprout a beanstalk into the heavens, but if even half the claims being made in behalf of the 5,000-year-old soybean are true, it may be the closest thing on earth to a magic bean. Not only is soy a low-fat food, but it's also believed to fight cancer, lower cholesterol, relieve hot flashes, boost bone density, brighten skin and even soften beards. Though none of these claims have yet been proved, manufacturers are riding high on the soy-is-healthy wave and pumping the marketplace full of soy products--some 300 new ones hit grocery...
Harvard does an admirable job of putting together classes composed of true individuals. After a recent visit to a school where homogeneity was the natural state of existence (had I stayed there any longer I thought I too would sprout blonde hair and don pastel miniskirts) I came back ready to hug everyone from the guy who resembles Shrek in my English section to John Lopez in Leverett House (hello John) who wears Hawaiian shirts in the dead of winter. Quirky is the first word that comes to mind when describing people I have come to share my life with...
...reversals become literal with the other kind of book that Shiga produces: Choose Your Own Adventure. The first of these, 2001's "The Last Supper," had the user unfold a sheet in different directions depending on what choices he wanted to make, starting with whether to eat a brussel sprout or not. The most remarkable of these books, "Meanwhile...," is a photocopied, hand-constructed wonder. Rather than the usual left to right and top to bottom layout, the panels are connected by a maze of tubes. At some point these tubes lead off the edge of the page...
...like a thrilling car chase than an intramural sport. And Harry's showdown with a monstrous serpent in the bowels of Hogwarts should equal the most excitable readers' expectations. Making their Potter debut in Chamber of Secrets are Dobby, a funny, forlorn, computer-animated elf, Miriam Margolyes as Professor Sprout and Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart, the vain Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher - a role that was much sought after by British actors last year. "It's rather winning," says Branagh of the character, "his combination of total confidence with an absolute absence of talent." Designing his wardrobe, costume...
...phone-PDAs about to replace the ordinary cell phone? My guess is not yet. But clearly, as phones sprout cameras and music players and other ancillary functions, demand is there for multipurpose devices. The xda may not have the price and size right. But with each new attempt, manufacturers are getting closer to the ideal...