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Clearly the man is good at something. But what? That's the stumper. Hosting is perhaps the highest-profile job on TV (Oprah, Ellen, Rosie: host, host, host) and the worst defined. It's not comedy, though many comics have done it. It's not acting, though actors have--as well as Tony Danza. There are no host schools. There was no Greek muse of hosting. A host plays himself. He talks to people. Sometimes, if the job is especially tricky, he has to hold a microphone. It is a job that, theoretically, anyone can do but that talented people...
Pterostilbene may sound more like a spelling-bee stumper than a lifesaver, but if early studies prove correct, this compound, found in abundance in blueberries, could be the foundation of a natural remedy to reduce cholesterol. In head-to-head lab studies against a cholesterol-lowering drug, pterostilbene was just as active as the pharmaceutical in dampening the cholesterol-producing functions of rat liver cells. And because pterostilbene targets a specific lipid-triggering receptor, scientists anticipate that it will have fewer side effects...
...beautiful mind lives in Quincy House. That mind belongs to Sheel C. Ganatra ’06, a sophomore concentrating in both Mathematics and Sanskrit and Indian Studies, who has wowed the math community with his solution to a problem that had previously proved a real stumper...
Your new cell phone comes with a digital camera built in. And that would be good for ... hmm. Now thousands of phone-cam owners and a few wireless carriers are answering that stumper with phone-cam blogs--websites designed specifically for posting and sharing digital photos from mobile phones...
...Stumper of the week: how do you say "She Bangs" in Spanish? We're enter into the end-of-year silly season, where all the albums by major artists are greatest-hits compilations (Blur), live albums (Neil Young, Elton John, Alice in Chains), cover albums (Rage Against the Machine) or, worse yet, Christmas albums (hello, Ms Aguilera!). Although, of course, there are exceptions. Next Tuesday Backstreet's back. Alright...