Word: absurder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...later speeches were ambiguous and inconsistent with his own basic line of thought and action. These ambiguities, plus the distortion of MacArthur by his friends of the Hearst and McCormick press, led some to conclude that MacArthur was an isolationist; others, that he was an imperialist. Both tags were absurd, yet the figure of MacArthur in U.S. life was neither as clear nor as large in December as it had been in April...
...policy towards Russia, we are committed at best to a perpetual armament race, at worst to an eventual war. The theory that by treating Russia reasonably for long enough we shall at last convince her people of their errors must, to anyone who has been there, seem absurd. No favorable account of Western overtures or conditions can ever reach the Russian public. Furthermore, it is very doubtful whether the Russians are capable of conversion, even if we could reach their ears. All the Russians I met, whether officials or taxi drivers, were quite obviously content under the regime; they spoke...
...besides, he reflected, how could Jesus, if he were the son of God, have permitted himself to be crucified by Roman soldiers? But later, though he still thought the claims of the disciples absurd, Barabbas found himself wandering through the alleyways of the lower city, where the new faith flourished among the poor. Barabbas liked to hear them talk about their queer doctrines-love one another, they said. He could not fathom it, but he wanted to hear...
Silent Parade. Interior Minister Serag el Din called in the Cairo press, read them a lecture on falsifying the news with their absurd stories of British atrocities. He announced that the ragtail "liberation battalions" would be absorbed into the regular army, where the authorities could keep an eye on them...
...last four days, it has become obvious that Thresky's repeated public appearances have been engineered by some calculating conspiratorial group. It is absurd to maintain that a copper bird could have arranged a series of audiences with notables, or eluded pursuers unaided, Ever since what now appears to have been a wilful theft, his captors have consistently made a spectacle of the revered mascot--to what purpose, save to embarrass and distress its owners, it is hard to imagine...