tS=While <b>mountebanks</b> like that stalk the corridors of our universities, it does not help to portray math as the domain of the likes Nash and Erdos.<br><br>Boxing' s <b>mountebanks</b> have created a noxious stench, and the sport's image has taken a frightful beating.&tQ=<b>Mountebank</b> refers to:&tC=Someone with ruthless ambition|Someone who is pedantic and dull|Someone who is clever|Someone who is not what he seems|Someone who holds an unearned position&cC=4&fB=A <b>mountebank</b> is a charleton or fraud, one who deceives. <b>Mountebank</b> is pronounced MOWN-tuh-bangk.
