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...feels like a swarm of African killer bees conducted a violent mating ritual on my face in an attempt to escape the Cambridge chill...
...stand-up club in Arizona. Until then, he recalls, comedy was “always something I was curious about, but I didn’t know you could make a living from it.” He has since become a comedic sensation, now a familiar face and voice on MadTV, Comedy Central, and Family Guy. Francisco attributes his popularity—which has garnered him recognition in even London, Amsterdam, and Sweden—to Internet exposure; clips of his sketches, which can easily be found on YouTube and other popular video sites, gather millions of views...
...violence intensifies, Ismael becomes willing to face death with Job-like submission: “let God’s will be done, whatever pleases God, whatever he feels like.” But Rosero does not glorify Ismael; his illicit desires never cease. Although his love for his wife is, ultimately, the rubric by which he lives, we glimpse redemption only in his small acts of imaginative tenderness, as when Ismael decides, in his wife’s absence, to bury the cat that was killed in an explosion, “so that you shall never see your...
...honor of tying the royal sash around the waist of Seraj's uncle, the then King Amanullah Khan. Seraj beamed, grateful to be recognized as royalty. When Seraj was asked his thoughts on attending the swearing-in of a President at a palace that once housed his family, his face darkened slightly. "We hope he brings honor to this place," he said. "Like our forefathers...
...scratching their heads at the decision by the E.U.'s 27 leaders to anoint Van Rompuy and Ashton to the organization's top two jobs. After all, the positions, which were created by the E.U.'s newly ratified Lisbon Treaty, were supposed to give a voice and a face to Europe on the world stage...