Thunderous ovation.

Now, when I played it for you, you didn't hear the thunderous bass.

These are the sounds you would expect, but they are also the sounds of dissonant concerts of a flock of birds screeching in the night, the high pitched honest cries of children and the thunderous, unbearable silence.

Mr. Moskovitz, who was crowned the President of Jerusalem by master of ceremonies Rabbi Eitan Eisemman, was given a thunderous ovation and promised to do everything he could to assist in the construction of Jerusalem Har Homa, Mount of Olives and the Old City.

BANGKOK The thunderous results of Thailand s general election on July 3 will seem familiar to anyone attuned to the political upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa. Entrenched incumbent regimes everywhere are under severe stress from advances in information technology, shifts in demographics, rising expectations, and the obsolescence of Cold War exigencies.

Another casualty was the legitimacy of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. For two decades, Khamenei deceptively cultivated an image of an impartial and magnanimous guide, but his defiant public support for Ahmadinejad exposed him as a petty, partisan autocrat. Among the unprecedented slogans of last summer s street protests were thunderous chants of Khamenei is a murderer, his leadership is void!

Another casualty was the legitimacy of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. For two decades, Khamenei deceptively cultivated an image of an impartial and magnanimous guide, but his defiant public support for Ahmadinejad exposed him as a petty, partisan autocrat. Among the unprecedented slogans of last summer s street protests were thunderous chants of Khamenei is a murderer, his leadership is void!