Word: absurd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time. Fantastic allegations about the Soviet Union's ambitions for "world supremacy" and "a world Communist government" may only lead the cause of international intercourse and cooperation into a dangerous deadlock. The hue and cry about "international terrorism" allegedly being masterminded by the Soviet Union is just as absurd...
...Newark. When we consider the toll exacted by the persistence of high unemployment (and underemployment) and the tragic fact that many Blacks, frustrated by failure, have simply stopped looking for work, the "cultural argument that Black family instability and unwed pregnancy are unrelated to external factors seems quite absurd indeed...
...Supreme Commander, U.S. General Bernard Rogers. Desperate to bolster his case, Wörner invited to Bonn a Swiss homosexual actor who claimed to have evidence of misconduct by Kiessling. The "evidence" was unpersuasive. Moreover, the Defense Minister's methods of supporting his accusations seemed both unsavory and absurd. There were rumors that he would have to resign...
...preserving this student and from ROTC. The most obvious solution would be for the military to fund its own programs. At a time when the Federal commitment to higher education is declining, student aid programs are being cut, and funds for the Pentagon are ever-increasing, it is absurd that the Faculty should be asked to divert some of its funds to a non-academic military program such as ROTC. There are many organizations which offer benefits to Harvard students. But some, such as final clubs and ROTC, are not open to all qualified students and thus are not deserving...
...Absurd though they seemed, such incidents ominously recalled the notorious Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and '70s. This time, however, the Chinese responded with unexpected hostility. Intellectuals either passively resisted or openly condemned the government's efforts. Peasants, who account for 80% of the country's 1 billion or so people and who have benefited in recent years from reforms that allow them to accumulate wealth in return for higher productivity, scorned charges that their rising living standard was evidence of moral decay...