Word: absurd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cover-up of the refusal to meet. Bok's letter to SASC stated that "in ten years of contact with your organization I cannot say that I have ever detected much interest by SASC in putting forth a detailed argument in support of total divestment." That's just absurd...
This is where it gets interesting. Around the same time CBS delivered its response, media critics in the lefty press began taking Adler to task. "Her reporting was sloppy and her conclusions absurd," wrote The Nation's Alexander Cockburn, who should know. Geoffrey Stokes of The Village Voice chimed in with similar sentiments, calling Adler's work "dishonest at its core." These words, of course, are reminiscient of those of the capitalist chieftans of CBS and Time...
Historians have speculated that the Condemnation of 1277 had an ironic positive effect, as thinkers and students had to consider alternative ideas previously seen as absurd--if only to satisfy the Church. Ultimately, the case of the fundamentalist schoolchildren is also one of tradition and its challenges. Censorship worked like self-critique, spurring creative thought for those 13th century learners. We can only hope the same for those in this century...
South African officials, however, call claims of sabotage absurd, and permitted Mozambican officials across the border immediately to examine the wreckage and remove Machel's body. Mozambicans, international civil aviation experts and Soviet experts will all take part in an investigation of the crash by the South African Department of Civil Aviation...
Director Brosh knew that the absurd plight of Eleanor Mann's family had to be acted out with comic melodrama. But, as it has often been said, it takes very good acting to portray bad acting well. And unfortunately, the actors portraying the Mann family and their various persecutors aren't quite that good, so that the audience isn't sure how much of the bad acting is intentional. Indeed, it is a relief when the melodrama is dropped, and Eleanor opts for more sincere tones...