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...lighting candles for Christmas. That would be silly. And I won't be swapping Hannukah presents. Equally absurd. Hannukah Harry, take a hike. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night...
...actually. In some ways affirmative action has become the way we deal with the problem of racial separation and ethnic division in America. There are assumptions about hiring Richard Rodriguez to find out the pulse of the Mexican American community, which is just as absurd as hiring Richard Rodriguez as a professor of Renaissance and English literature to get a minority perspective on those things...
However, the connection most Latin Americans feel to Spain is often so remote that such an identification is patently absurd. Most Latinos (or Hispanics) agree that it is as ridiculous to call a Mexican or Dominican the same name given to a Spaniard as it is for Archie Bunker to characterize all people with Spanish surnames as Puerto Rican. To Archie's credit, the reality of demographics in New York at the time "All in the Family" was filmed makes his stereotype an understandable assumption...
...remainder of the season, this year's squad holds so much promise "it's absurd. I've never seen a team this good in my entire life," Cunningham said. Last weekend at Brown, the Crimson proved its potential for dominance in the Ancient Eight. Harvard easily defeated Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale and Pennsylvania to win the competition...
...uninformed dean even wanted to know what niche the concentration was intended to fill. Not to offend anyone, but this question is quite absurd from the student's point of view. We have spent countless hours of frustration trying to construct a solid plan of study within the framework of existing majors. Some have even taken the arduous task of creating a plan from scratch under special concentrations...