Word: absurd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...neutron bomb supporters' argument that its destructive potential would be a deterrent to war is as absurd today as it was 111 years ago, when Nobel invented dynamite. We already have enough bombs to obliterate the planet; we don't need another...
...Oscar for Best Picture, but don't hold that against it. It's Woody Allen's warmest, deepest, and funniest motion-picture, and better than that, it's a tantalizing promise of more to come from a brilliant writer/director. The story of Woody and Diane. Alvy and Annie, two absurd, lonely people who cling to each other because they're afraid no one else will really see how special they are. Some classic sequences: Keaton stuttering, giggling, gesticulating outside an indoor tennis stadium, slapping herself in frustration, dithering enchantingly; Allen grimacing in a movie-line at the inane, pretentious chatter...
...legitimate concern, but if a group's leadership too readily reflects it, that fear easily destroys a movement. This was the United Front's problem--although some members of the group were willing to risk leading the crowd in the sit-out, many were not. Yet it is absurd to expect a crowd to do what its leaders are clearly afraid...
While you quoted portions of Senator Moynihan's attack on me and my amendment, you failed to mention a single favorable argument or the fact that 36 other Senators saw fit to support it. It is not absurd for the U.S. to establish a simple, legal basis from which to operate should Panama abrogate the treaty. Both Panamanians and Americans deserve to know what standard will apply if the treaty is not upheld. My amendment made it clear that if Panama goes back on this agreement, all other agreements and treaties we had with the Panamanians would re-enter...
...honest with these members of the Class of '82. I told them that if they come here, they're going to have to expect a lot of frustration and disappointment. I told them that Harvard sometimes gets this absurd notion that it need not worry about how its students judge Harvard. After all, who can turn down Harvard...