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...It’s such an absurd solution,” says Peter Challis, a project manager and technical specialist who works for Kirshner at the Center for Astrophysics. “It doesn’t sit well with a lot of our group...

Author: By Meghan M. Dolan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pen and Paper Revolutionaries: Copernicus In the People's House | 3/18/2004 | See Source »

...sounding philosophical. He accused the Americans of carrying out a "geopolitical kidnapping," claiming he had been forced out by a U.S.-led "coup d'etat." Members of the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus have called for an investigation, but Secretary of State Colin Powell dismissed the allegations as "absurd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aristide's Flight: A Disputed Departure | 3/15/2004 | See Source »

...idea that because individual Americans died, 9/11--whether as image, event or political issue--is outside the public domain is absurd. By that logic, Franklin Roosevelt would have been prevented from invoking Pearl Harbor in his 1944 re-election campaign. In fact, he not only invoked it many times ("The American people are not panicked easily," he said in a White House radio address just five days before the election. "Pearl Harbor proved that") but visited Pearl in July 1944, at the very kickoff of his campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why 9/11 Belongs in the Campaign | 3/15/2004 | See Source »

...Super Size option in its current form stands for a seven-ounce order of fries and a 42-ounce drink—a step up from simply a “large” meal. To many, the very idea of this amount of food is absurd and Dartboard agrees that she has taken on the feat only twice in her life...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman, | Title: DARTBOARD | 3/12/2004 | See Source »

...that “The Practice” is finally being put out of its misery, David E. Kelley will create yet another highly popular, award-winning show and then torture it to death by making it completely absurd and melodramatic...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Predictions | 3/12/2004 | See Source »

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