Word: absurdities
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...more absurd collection of trivia and maudlin, boring gossip than the Charles and Diana story would be difficult to imagine. Why we Americans should continue to be so obsessed with the comings and goings of an effete and parasitic monarchy, which we shed our blood in 1776 to be rid of, will forever remain a mystery to me. This is not to denigrate the civility or the quality of other British cultural institutions for which we have a deep and abiding respect. But after all is said, God bless the Republic. Jerome L. Starr New York City...
...help of a recently passed state law that protects service marks, the chamber hopes to raise $300,000 within the next 18 months. Predictably, the move has drawn few hoorays from local businessmen. Says Jim Arthur, president of California Lifestyles, a maker of souvenir sportswear: "The notion is absurd. If the name of the city isn't in the public domain, then what is?" The courts may ultimately determine if the chamber's claim is valid...
...constitution. Propelling the decline was a report--quickly denied--in the German newsmagazine Stern that at a meeting in late May, Finance Minister Hans Eichel and Axel Weber, head of the German central bank, had discussed the prospect of dissolving Europe's monetary union. Weber dismissed the report as "absurd," and most market watchers and economists agreed. "The talk will continue for a week or two, then go away--the euro's here to stay," says William Davies, head of European equities for the London-based fund manager Threadneedle Investments...
Featured everywhere from Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” to the May issue of Playboy, Corker characterizes the media interest, focused on painting Harvard social life as dead, as “absurd...
...seem tough,’ policy, and our feeling at 20, 21, 22 years old, and as a fairly liberal group of editorial writers, was that this was a ruse. It had nothing to do with keeping the country strong. It was absurd. If there was a war with the Soviet Union, it would have been nuclear war and we all would have been dead...