Word: absurd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...That's absurd," I said. "But at any rate, you can't say that the war in the Gulf is a good thing...
...Billy Show" is equally transparent in motive. Sure, Billy is a fine manager for a few months, but to think any New York Yankee can take him seriously at this point is a bit much to ask. And promoting Lou Piniella to the post of general manager is patently absurd...
Even more absurd than this plot line is Ross' insistence on pummeling his audience with the parallels of the ballet Giselle with this film of Giselle. Shots of Giselle's grave in the staged ballet are interspersed with fuzzy-lensed shots of Lisa looking sickly angelic. And since Dancers is a film of the filming of Giselle, Ross attempts Bergman-like self-referentiality--with shots of cameras and film crews, lenses and light meters--but only succeeds in overstating his own inadequacy as a film director...
...absurd. It's ridiculous. It's hard to believe." With those words, Senator Robert Dole of Kansas last week voiced his indignation over the news that the U.S. imported some $700 million in Iranian oil during the summer. In response, the minority leader sponsored a bill to ban all imports from Iran, which passed the Senate the next day, 98 to 0. Said Dole: "It's time to end this absurdity...
...reports of American POWs in Viet Nam. I guarantee that there is not one single American held prisoner in our country. If there were, we would immediately turn him over to the U.S. Please put these absurd stories to rest. I recently heard that someone in America had offered a million dollars for the return of any American held prisoner of war in my country. How absurd...