Word: absurd
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Deneen cited many a precedent,* challenged the right of the Senate to deprive Illinois of its legally appointed, constitutional representative. Senator Reed of Missouri, who had last summer investi gated Mr. Smith's public utility campaign fund, summed up the case against him. Said Mr. Reed: "It is absurd to say the oath must first be administered, then a hearing held and expulsion take place. That would seem to be a rather ridiculous performance. We have held a hearing, we have the evidence before...
...Lena's dose of Wisdom, combined with an effect of moonlight on mountains, subjects him to an experience that is meant to be beautiful if not religious? hearing voices in the jungle, tearing his shirt off, having an ecstasy ?but it only comes out confusing and a bit absurd. Back again from the jungle, Clifford is himself again and everyone is happy; except, of course, Lena. The book confuses not only the mind but the emotions too, mixing so much to condemn with much to admire. The characters are presented in subjective flashes, bright, sensitive but jumbled; a psychological...
...their friends. In this case, however, "Walter", was evidently making a social visit and nothing score. He brought flowers, and therefore waited for some time before he made up his mind that there was no one at home, at last, pulling out his ghostly watch--the clock idea is absurd--he went reluctantly away, slipping his fingerprint under the door...
...that has Vachel Lindsay, but I mean that his inspiration, the song on his lips, is not restrained by dictates of taste. Not restrained at all is his inspiration, not by question of taste at all, not by question of art at all, not by question of what-is-absurd-and-what-is-not-absurd at all. For absurd often is his inspiration, not dictated, no, nor emendated, not yet always ill-fated, for children are absurd nor yet always ill-fated; Vachel Lindsay is a child and not ill-fated. Walt Whitman was a mammoth child...
After all, it is somewhat absurd to think that the University cannot compete successfully with lunch counters and Greek cafeterias in providing for the student dining trade. These places are at present profiting hugely because they present a wide variety of food that is comparatively well prepared and not too expensive...