Word: absurdities
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...said that the departures of Joseph Weiler and Anne-Marie Slaughter had created certain gaps in our curriculum, which we would make it a priority to fill. I did not say or suggest, because it would be absurd to say or suggest, that the international program was “languishing” (to use The Crimson’s word). Harvard’s international and comparative law faculty is the strongest in the nation; the range of courses and activities we offer relating to these fields has no equal in legal education; and Bill Alford, our Associate Dean...
DIVINE INTERVENTION. Palestinian director-writer Elia Suleiman addresses the strife between his homeland and Israel in this deliberately composed, frequently absurd comedy. Suleiman also plays the film’s quiet protagonist, unimaginatively named E.S. This is not to say that Suleiman does not let his imagination run wild elsewhere in the work; one much-dicussed dream sequence depicts a woman who suddenly rebels against the soldiers using her for target practice, taking the offensive in a blaze of martial arts fury. The film won two awards at last year’s Cannes...
...last 25 years, Playgirl models on average have shed 12 pounds of fat and gained 27 pounds of muscle, while children’s action toys have grown to proportions that steroid-popping bodybuilders can only dream of—a sort of male analog to the absurd ideal of Barbie...
...could only do one cover. One absurd cover is really all you can afford...
This foolish contention is exceeded only by the even more absurd assertions that “Leaders should be interested in—and effective at—fulfilling the group’s mission, but they should not be restricted based upon profession of faith.” But what if, and this is certainly the case with Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship (HRCF), the “mission” and “purpose” of the group is in fact faith-based? How can a profession of faith be irrelevant in the leadership of a faith...