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...unlikely replay of the civil rights struggle, the members' welcome move to equality was stymied by the club's tradition-bound graduate board of directors, which opposed the decision and changed the locks on the Skull and Bones "tomb." The Bones' graduate board even proposed an absurd compromise plan calling for "separate but equal" facilities for women...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Take a Hint | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

Develop a new campaign strategy. For years, the Democrats have tried to run absurd 50-state campaigns late into the fall, limping through obvious no-win states. The Democrats should target enough states to give them the 270 votes in the Electoral College needed...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over | 4/12/1991 | See Source »

...next song, "Just the Two of Us," Myles McDonnell's solid male lead and Dawn Yip's oozing, soulful female lead turned a potentially boring song into a pleasurable experience. And the Veritones' signature song--"Ride My Harley," a spiritual gone astray--was spunky and assumed an absurd dimension with Blasko Ristic's hilarious male soprano...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: Hungry for Veritones | 4/11/1991 | See Source »

...took two more weeks for Gates to order a "brick-by-brick" review of police-training procedures, but he was on television the very next day touting his department as a "model" for the nation. Gates' eventual apology to King was equally grudging -- and began with two absurd irrelevancies: "In spite of the fact that he's on parole and a convicted robber, I'd be glad to apologize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest Gates: The Buck Doesn't Stop Here | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

...seemed eager to run before Jan. 15, the gulf war has done little to whet anyone's appetite. Running against an incumbent President is hard enough; running against a triumphant Commander in Chief is nearly impossible, no matter how much bunting a candidate drapes himself in. Campaigning is often absurd under any circumstances -- a gaggle of politicians asking to be taken seriously while begging to be liked. Who wants to leave himself or herself open to the sort of antics of elections past -- Ronald Reagan grabbing the microphone he paid for in New Hampshire, Bruce Babbitt comparing himself unfavorably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Donkeys in This Horse Race | 3/25/1991 | See Source »

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