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...only on Canadian television. The cast included standouts from the troupe's Toronto branch such as John Candy and Eugene Levy. The series introduced the stereotypical, "eh"-saying Canadian brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie, played with aplomb by Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis. The McKenzie brothers hosted The Great White North, a commentary show with topics ranging from Canada's geography to tutorials on how to trick beer companies into giving you a free case by stuffing a mouse in a bottle. The McKenzie brothers went on to star in commercials for Pizza Hut and, not surprisingly, Molson, North America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second City | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

...Manhattan steak joint Porter House New York who recently knocked off 10 lb., eats a lot of simply cooked proteins surrounded by vegetables. "I do a slow-roasted salmon--there's no oil, no added fats--roasted on cedarwood in an oven. It's served with big white beans, fresh tomatoes and tarragon," he says. "What a great steak house this is: the chef is telling us to eat salmon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Celebrity Chefs Show How to Lose Weight | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...couple were devoted to scholarship, not politics. In the early 1950s, Yang declined a prestigious offer to translate Chairman Mao's works into English, "much preferring to translate classical Chinese literature instead," he wrote in his 2002 autobiography, White Tiger. Yang translated works including The Odyssey and Pygmalion into Chinese, and he and his wife collaborated on rendering selections from Sima Qian's Records of the Historian and stories by the 20th century writer Lu Xun into English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yang Xianyi | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

Surprisingly, I agreed with them. Indeed, Oren, who defends the bombing of schools, universities, and factories and the illegal use of white phosphorous among countless other crimes, has a challenge ahead of him. Defending the destruction of Palestinian life as a necessary form of security strategy can’t be easy, especially since collective punishment is outlawed by international...

Author: By Abdelnasser A. Rashid | Title: Defending the Indefensible | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...Military suicides have even raised a question for the White House. President Obama's staff is reviewing a long-standing but unwritten policy that bars him from sending condolence letters to the families of military personnel who have killed themselves. Some families of suicide victims have pushed for an end to the policy, but there is concern that suicidal soldiers could feel less restraint knowing their families would get condolence letters from the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mounting Suicide Rate Prompts an Army Response | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

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