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Thus the Soviet Foreign Minister described elements of Reagan's plan as "absurd," and said that if the U.S. sticks to it, "there is no chance of an agreement." Moreover, he grumbled darkly that if the U.S. goes through with the deployment of the Pershing IIs and cruises, "then the Soviet Union-there can be no doubt-will take the necessary measures in order to defend its legitimate interests." Gromyko did not amplify, but other Soviet leaders have hinted that the U.S.S.R. may station medium-range missiles close to the U.S., possibly on submarines off American shores...
...jaillike schools make us unhappy, with the result that we become oppressors defending the system to cover up our unhappiness. Family-inspired social conventions teach us subconsciously to do absurd things like giving an inferior role to women. And the values of our competitive capitalist economy teach us to squish anyone who's weaker than...
...account of her visit to a country that is slowly being destroyed by inbred antagonisms and the misguided efforts of other nations to serve the causes of self-interest and peace at the same time Salvador is short and quickly read Yet Didion's eloquence and the tragic, almost absurd nature of her subject gives this book a weight and power that transcend the limitations imposed by the number of pages. Didion provides not only a brutal look at EI Salvador, but also an agonizing peek at the bell the human condition sometimes becomes...
...half the joke. Printed legends like I'D RATHER BE SKIING refer not to snowy slopes but to white mounds of a certain illicit inhalable substance. Greek fisherman hats, or bike-team hats, even shirts with alligator trademarks are worn with what Rap Scene Writer Michael Holman calls "absurd humor." He sees it as a deliberate mockery of the preppie look, of "the powers that be. Sheepskin contradicts the hip hop aesthetic because it's kind of organic, kind of hippie. But it's status-oriented because it's expensive...
...those of us for whom the croissant has become as American as, well, apple pie. French protectiveness for the native tongue may seem a bit absurd. But the new law is simply a valiant--if misguided--attempt to turn back the tidal wave of Americanization France is not the first nation to feel threatened in the face of what amounts to linguistic imperialism by the United States...