Word: absurdism
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...when wireless mania was at its apex, everyone thought consumers were dying for high-speed networks and mobile phones that could stream video calls, download movie clips and access online game networks. Caught up in the high-tech hype, mobile carriers rushed into the future, spending a now seemingly absurd $89.5 billion on 3G licenses in Europe alone...
...around the clock for weeks that claimed Landrieu had lost touch with Louisiana values because she lives in a million-dollar mansion in Washington. Landrieu's row house next to a dry cleaner on a major thoroughfare might be worth a million - Washington real estate is absurd - but it's surely not worth more than Terrell's residence in a gated community in the Garden District of New Orleans...
...drought-stricken southern African country and away from 2.9 million people facing starvation. This relief effort in reverse follows the Zambian government's decision in August to ban the distribution of all genetically modified food. It's also the latest chapter in an ugly and often absurd trade war between the European Union and the U.S. over genetically modified organisms (GMOS). Though genetically modified foods are consumed by millions of Americans without apparent ill effects, many Europeans are wary of them. Some imports are allowed into the Union, but a handful of member states placed a moratorium on approvals...
During his first in-depth interview with The Crimson on the subject, Jack Meyer, president of Harvard Management Company (HMC)—the arm of the University responsible for investing the endowment—called recent allegations by a watchdog group “absurd...
...Meyer says speculation that HMC would want to offer a political favor to Bush is “absurd...