Word: absurd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Turnovers, missed free throws and poor defense by the Harvard women's basketball squad turned a first half 30-11 runaway into an absurd 57-53 double overtime victory over Northeastern last night...
...enrolling at Harvard, I was not aware that I was signing up for a book or record club. If, in a rush, I neglect to waive my induction into the ranks of PIRG supporters, I am nevertheless penalized. I freely admit that such a scenario may border on the absurd; yet, I would like to raise the following point for discussion. The authors of the previously quoted article wrote that "...a failure to respond to the expressed preference of the majority...is an arrogant denial of students' rights." In the case of a negative check-off, I beg to differ...
Probably the larger question is, how long will Martin be around? Will it be possible for him to maintain the same type of absurd humor for the rest of his career? Hopefully his career will last long enough for him to make more albums that should improve as he learns what is effective in disc form...
...bottom, a tremendous story, or more exactly, stories--for le Carre has conveniently woven in enough tangled subplots to keep not only the most devoted spy thriller fan, but also the most fascinated student of human nature, absorbed. What drives the le Carre fans is not absurd schemes to take over the world, nor, of course, masturbatory fantasies, replete with sadistic fiends and willing damsels-in-distress. Rather, these are stories about men and women struggling to keep their heads above the filth that has become their lives, trying to rationalize the job they must do with a moral code...
...asks in one particularly moving column, and opts for the existentialist answer that the universe is absurd, that her illness is simply random luck. In that way, she is able not only to shed self-pity but to turn the question around: "Why not me?" From there, she explains, it is "only a matter of time to it is me-and what am I going...