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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...them. This will likely no longer hold true. And even though the value of resume padding has declined significantly, you’ll still unfathomably sign up for all sorts of extracurriculars that you have no actual interest in. Your environmentally conscious heart will sob at the absurd amount of (useless) fliers you receive...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Freshman Week: Accepting Your Awkwardness | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...dash at the Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt broke his own mark on Aug. 16 in Berlin. At the same site where American Jesse Owens upstaged Adolf Hitler 73 years ago, Bolt shaved more than a tenth of a second off his own record, clocking an absurd 9.58 seconds. Never shy about touting his talent, Bolt hinted at even greater successes ahead. "I think it will stop at 9.4, but you never know," he said. At this point, nothing seems impossible for the lanky, 22-year-old Jamaican, whose win cemented his place in track-and-field lore, and left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Fastest Human | 8/18/2009 | See Source »

Edwards, John • imminent admission by that, despite a year of absurd denials by, a DNA test shows that Rielle Hunter's baby bears an uncanny resemblance to because - duh! - she was fathered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 8/14/2009 | See Source »

...Trading Places A few years ago, that question - and the notion that China could drive global growth - would have seemed absurd. After all, China's economy was dependent on manufacturing, which was in turn dependent on demand from the U.S., the world's undisputed economic locomotive. But that engine remains sidetracked. The IMF predicts the U.S. economy will contract 2.6% this year. American home prices continue to fall in some cities, while the unemployment rate has soared to 9.5%, the highest since 1983. The U.S.'s much ballyhooed stimulus plan has so far yielded little measurable benefit, save putting some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can China Save the World? | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

Liasson, Mara • absurd comparison by of the minimally glitch-ridden but definitely successful cash-for-clunkers program to the unprecedentedly disastrous government response to Hurricane Katrina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

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