She has been, depending on how one holds her in the light, a small Jack Russell, a large Chihuahua, a Rat Terrier, a Fox Terrier and a Corgi with legs.

NPR: 'Dog is My Co-Pilot'

Much like his late mentor in Jack Kemp, Ryan has always given the impression that he supports light taxation, limited government and stable money values precisely because they would do the most to lift the economic chances of those least well to do.

FORBES: There's Nothing 'Small Government' About Paul Ryan's Balanced Budget Plan

Why should a hotel desk lamp merely provide light when it can also contain an electrical outlet and a phone jack for your laptop so you don't have to crawl around the floor plugging stuff in?

FORBES: Magazine Article

And last year U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein in New York approved a racketeering class action on behalf of every consumer who bought "light" cigarettes from Philip Morris, R.

FORBES: Plaintiffs' Paradise

In Carthage, Texas, in 1996, Bernie Tiede (Jack Black), a young man with beautiful manners, works as an assistant funeral director and brings consolation and light to his small town.

NEWYORKER: Bernie

Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak are credited with discovering how chromosomes are protected against degradation -- a field that could shed light on human aging and diseases, including cancer.

CNN: 3 Americans win medicine Nobel for chromosome research