Word: absurdism
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...should generally stick to their act. Most people would rather be entertained than given a political lesson, a fact seemingly lost on Streisand at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 9, when she seriously misread her fans by pushing her agenda just a little too much. The results were predictably absurd and decidedly unfunny...
While on trial, convicted 9/11 co-conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui mercilessly baited 9/11 families, insulted court officials, and praised Osama bin Laden as his "father." But behind the absurd antics, one person continued to support him: his mother. She struggled to prevent the conviction and possible execution of a son whose hateful beliefs had turned him into a virtual stranger...
...money now "available" to faith-based organizations because of particular administrative reforms announced six months earlier. It was one of those wonderful Washington assertions that is simultaneously accurate and deceptive and just confusing enough to defy opposition. On the one hand, we had eliminated some ancient and patently absurd regulations, many of them promulgated under seemingly faith-phobic Democratic Administrations, that discriminated against faith-based groups simply because they might have a religious-sounding name. The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, for instance, was once denied the chance to apply for a federal grant even though it was an entirely...
...have lived up to the classification it received from the so-called experts back in August—number one. Offensively, the Crimson is consistent and explosive and consistently explosive, posting 31 points, 38, 35, and 33 in its first four contests, respectively. It’s averaging an absurd 6.68 yards per play paced by deep threat Corey Mazza and All-American Canadian Clifton Dawson. (How does this guy not have a cool nickname yet? The best player in the history of a school known for its wits and still not a “Sweetness?...
...matter of deception: the 2004 fee hike was presented as a way to fund more student groups and more campus-wide events organized by the CLC. With CLC dissolved, they argue that the UC neither needs nor has a right to the money. For others, any UC fee is absurd: students should choose themselves which student groups receive their $75 and leave SAC to haggle with Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 over the Curricular Review...