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CALGARY, CANADA—I never understood what was so funny about South Park. A bunch of four-foot tall humanoids standing around in snowsuits twelve months a year is not an uncommon sight where I live, and, surprisingly enough, neither are fat children who can't stop cursing. But that, I suppose, was never the root of South Park’s humour. It was those bi-visaged flatulent Canadian television stars, Terrence and Phillip, who destroyed the moral fibre of South Park, thus igniting the war against the neighbours to the north and spurring the immortal war ballad...
...Azoulay, 60, raised in the Jewish quarter of Essaouira, shuns the "Jewish adviser" tag but says of his unique role, "This is a light that is alive in this part of the world." Will that light eventually shine throughout the Middle East? He has an uncommon perspective. "I am Jewish not only by blood, but by believing in the values of liberty, dignity and identity," he says "If the Palestinian is still fighting for liberty, it means I cannot be free myself. It means I cannot be completely Jewish...
...like to be called “assistants,” not “graders”—you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your bluebook, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or reading about the “Xian myth...
Bell’s case is not uncommon...
...Jersey, noise is the No. 1 complaint. (In New York City, where subways and traffic are background music, noise is relative, and it is No. 2 on the complaint list, behind bad service.) Annoyed critics have started ranking noise levels in reviews, and it isn't uncommon to read blistering acoustics-based pans. "I was prepared for loud but not for the level I had to deal with," wrote a foodie for the American-Statesman in Austin, Texas, reviewing a Truluck's steak-and-seafood house last summer. "The noise is so overwhelming that it ruined the dining experience." Michael...