Word: absurder
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...flatness. The intricate bumps and hollows, bosses and knots and smooth rotundities of the bodily landscape were generalized down to patches. By the start of Pearlstein's career, in the ebb tide of abstract expressionism, the very idea of rendering the posed body in a room seemed absurd; it required the most taboo act known to late modernism, making a spatial illusion, turning the flat plane into a window...
...Falklands drama from its inception to the euphoria of the final triumph," they conclude. "Her single-mindedness, even her arch phraseology ('Defeat-I do not recognize the meaning of the word!'), all seemed to armor her against any suspicion that this might be a dangerous, even absurd, adventure...
...course, both dangerous and absurd. But the adventure was also emotionally unifying for the British and, in the eyes of most of the world, a justified response to Argentine piracy. Britain regained, for a moment, its sense of power and purpose. But the victory will forever be measured in Britain against the estimated $1.2 billion cost of the war and the blood of 255 valiant Britons who never came home. For them, Hastings and Jenkins have constructed a poignant memorial...
...people are being bombed with bee droppings," says one ranking State Department official who is following the issue. His views reflect the chorus of official denunciation and rejection that followed Meselson's disclosure, that included one scientist who tested samples for the government and labelled the finds "childish" and "absurd...
...report blames the price hikes not only on the suppliers but on Pentagon purchasing agents for failing to insist on greater competition among parts manufacturers, and for not reforming contracting procedures to prevent absurd markups. In practice, Pentagon agents tend to prefer "sole source" contracts with a major manufacturer, who will acquire the parts from subcontractors and take a profit as middleman. When bids on parts are sought, the Pentagon's buyers often deem the competition "adequate" even if the only "bidders" are the prime contractor and one of its subcontractors, whose business often depends upon remaining on good...