Word: absurdes
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...have to realize that whether we prefer to think of ourselves as biological creatures or unique moral beings, a self-sacrificial attitude towards our own species is absurd. Otherwise we might as well just hand over our bodies to viruses, our lawns to beetles and our jobs to spotted owls...
...doubled up with several of us," Reich added. "That's why this entire controversy is so absurd...
...saying of hundreds of conversation hearts. "Yes, you can have a conversation heart," I'd say to them as they eyed the bag with longing, "but first you have to tell me what it says. I'm keeping track." The project made the evening of January 28 into an absurd event: as George Bush gave his State of the Union address, a dozen of us sat in my room, eating hearts I took note of the sayings. Amidst bursts of congressional applause, my blockmates would turn to me and murmur in low, sultry voices, LET'S ROCK...
...reporter then asked whether this meant that BSA endorsed Jeffries' reported racism; the young man said no, it did not, and added that he was pretty skeptical anyway about those reports--coming as they did from the "white media." This distrust for the "white media" struck me as absurd--was he just saying this crap so he could get on TV? But after seeing some distortions of Jeffries' speech, I can see why some members of the Black community might develop distrust for media coverage of Jeffries...
...findings to the contrary. In some cases, companies decide to settle out of court rather than take their chances with juries. Upjohn, for example, paid an undisclosed sum to a woman who claimed the drug Halcion had driven her to commit murder. Most doctors believe the allegation is absurd...