Word: absurd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Vice President Agnew's request for the resignation of Joseph Rhodes Jr. [June 29] was absurd as well as hypocritical...
...early '60s already seem another world. Somewhere along the line, the theater of the absurd turned into the theater of cruelty, homosexuality became the matinee audience's concept of the in-joke, and Neil Simon went for meaning in the third act. The Beatles ran out of put-ons, and John Lennon took to bed. In accordance with Aubrey's Law, sitchcom has swamped or drowned television's handful of comic talents. Some Like It Hot shuddered into M*A*S*H, and the situation of cinematic comedy became a question of semantics. Debating topic...
...Harry Truman chosen to apply the Nixon principle in Korea, for example, there would have been no reason for the U.S. to hold back from bombing or even invading Communist China in order to protect American troops from the attacking Chinese. To follow the argument further to its admittedly absurd conclusion, why not attack Russia and China, suppliers of the weapons and ammunition that kill U.S. soldiers in Viet Nam? Or invade North Viet Nam, provider of the men who use those weapons? The point is not that the President would seriously consider doing any of these things, but that...
...find your assertion that "a few resignations might help" [June 1] to be both dangerous and absurd. The tragedy of this Administration lies in the near unanimity in the minds of its officials, and in the lack of opposition to its divisive policies. The Finches and Hickels are our last hope; if they go, no doubt their replacements would be cast in the same unimaginative mold that characterizes Nixon's official circle. Their resignations would deprive them of the publicity accorded high officials, rather than result in any great reassessment of policies...
There is something ludicrous about any Pops program, just as there is always a touch of the absurd in any attempt to poularize high culture, but this evening transcended even the normal insipidity of such things. For the benefit of a television audience, the orchestra wore powder-blue Xavier Cugat uniforms, and played an archetypal program. Gems like the Nutcracker Suite, Peter and the Wolf, and Bolero were featured, along with the Pops's own arrangement of the score of Hair. Maybe it was the heat from the spotlights, maybe it was the lack of rehearsal, but somehow the program...