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Still, an increasingly large cadre of prominent academics has stepped forward to question the acceptibility of this trend. Famed UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh has posted mildly bitter invective to his weblog slamming court citations of Wikipedia as absurd given the nature of the source, but the most florid prose on the subject comes perhaps from Robert McHenry, chief of the (less and less popular—let’s keep our private interests straight) Encyclopedia Britannica. McHenry has compared Wikipedia to a public restroom: Such a facility may be obviously dirty, he has said, or it may look...
...presentation of Candide] to function as a show within a show. So much of the staging is meant to be a performance within a performance: the set of a movie, or an after-party,” explains Greenhalgh. “We deal with some of the more absurd elements of the opera by saying, ‘This is a show within a show.’ For the parts that feel more real, we bring it back into reality of the theater...
...presentation of Candide] to function as a show within a show. So much of the staging is meant to be a performance within a performance: the set of a movie, or an after-party,” explains Greenhalgh. “We deal with some of the more absurd elements of the opera by saying, ‘This is a show within a show.’ For the parts that feel more real, we bring it back into reality of the theater...
...Kosh-B’gosh barreled down on me and caused me to throw up a little bit in my mouth. The other thing I remember thinking is, “Wow, this would be a great date spot.” You might think this sounds absurd. “Chuck E. Cheese’s is for five-year-olds,” you’re probably saying to yourself...
...Reid's claim that George W. Bush would reduce Social Security benefits 40% was hogwash. The President has merely stated the obvious, that reductions will be necessary. Reid also made the absurd comparison between Bush's very conservative investment-account proposal and Las Vegas gaming tables. Finally, there was the boorish and possibly unprecedented hooting of the President by Democrats during the speech...