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...mulls his likely appointment as the new Pasha of Middle East Peace, I'd like to pass on to him an old Jewish tale that I heard from a western diplomat who spent a frustrating year dealing with the Israelis and Palestinians. It's the story of the Baron...
...Once, long ago in Russia, a Baron decided to expel all the Jewish peasants from his estate. The peasants pleaded with the Baron, but he sat there bored, petting his favorite wolfhound. After a few minutes, he waved them away. Just as they were leaving, a rabbi who had noticed how fond the Baron was of his wolfhound, said: "You know, we're very talented at making dogs speak." Intrigued, the Baron allowed the Jews to stay on for a year, to teach his dog how to talk. Outside the Baron's castle, the Jews wailed: "Rabbi...
...FAMILY HAD A RICH HIStory: owners of banks, economic advisers to royalty, Popes and political VIPs. But during the Nazi occupation of France, the Jewish family saw its business all but ruined. As head of the powerful Paris office after World War II, Baron Guy de Rothschild built shiny new headquarters, diversified investments (IBM, oil digs in the Sahara), nurtured political connections and modernized and revived the empire...
...very nice" for Borat. The film faces another lawsuit, this one filed by the New York City businessman who says he faces public ridicule after he was filmed frantically running from Sacha Baron Cohen's character. "Have you noticed that people that file lawsuits like this act as though they have never been embarrassed in their lives?" asks blogsite HOLLYWOOD SNARK. SCORE...
Though a number of Class Day speakers have in recent history been comedians—such as Al Franken ’73 in 2002, Will Ferrell in 2003, Sacha Baron Cohen in 2004, and “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane last year—although this is a recent trend...