Word: absurdism
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...It’s such an absurd solution,” says Peter Challis, a project manager and technical specialist who works for Kirshner at the Center for Astrophysics. “It doesn’t sit well with a lot of our group...
...sounding philosophical. He accused the Americans of carrying out a "geopolitical kidnapping," claiming he had been forced out by a U.S.-led "coup d'etat." Members of the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus have called for an investigation, but Secretary of State Colin Powell dismissed the allegations as "absurd...
...idea that because individual Americans died, 9/11--whether as image, event or political issue--is outside the public domain is absurd. By that logic, Franklin Roosevelt would have been prevented from invoking Pearl Harbor in his 1944 re-election campaign. In fact, he not only invoked it many times ("The American people are not panicked easily," he said in a White House radio address just five days before the election. "Pearl Harbor proved that") but visited Pearl in July 1944, at the very kickoff of his campaign...
...Super Size option in its current form stands for a seven-ounce order of fries and a 42-ounce drink—a step up from simply a “large” meal. To many, the very idea of this amount of food is absurd and Dartboard agrees that she has taken on the feat only twice in her life...
...that “The Practice” is finally being put out of its misery, David E. Kelley will create yet another highly popular, award-winning show and then torture it to death by making it completely absurd and melodramatic...