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...short, Commencement isn't a dignified occasion. It's more like a three-ring circus. Sometimes it's serious; often it's less than serious. But most people get into the spirit of the day--and if that spirit is a little absurd, a little raucous, a little loud, then so be it. At a school whose students and faculty members take themselves far too seriously far too often, the annual June melee is a welcome escape--and a tradition worth preserving...
...ironwork in which the smiths of his native Barcelona had always excelled. "I think of those forges of old Barcelona," he wrote in 1893, "where instinct was set free. There, in the darkness . . . I think I see springing from the fire an art without aesthetic rules or absurd restrictions, an art as free as smoke, born from fire and wrought in fire...
...absurd. People can make whatever statements they want, but it's just not true," he said. "Why would I leave? I was in New York for three years...I was in the phone book. Anybody who wanted to find me could find...
...males-in-residence. Its regular features include "Ask Mike," "hip advice from a guy who's been around." Then there's "Ask Monique," "what to know from a babe who's been around." I hope Inside Edge has more staying power than The Jerk. It's probably just as absurd as the parody that came before...
During the Triassic period -- say, 225 million years ago -- it would have seemed absurd to suggest that dinosaurs would soon inherit the earth. At the time, they were inconsequential creatures, perhaps the size of dogs, living among far more imposing giant crocodiles and other reptiles. During Triassic times, the continents were stuck together in a single mass that scientists call Pangaea. The planet was warmer and rainier than it is today -- ideal conditions for the growth of vast forests along coastlines and adjacent to rivers. Conifers, horsetails, tree ferns and ginkgos were the dominant vegetation. Giant 3-ft. dragonflies whirred...