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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Juwan Howard, he earned a $15 million contract with the Washington Wizards a few years ago. Since then he has been booed every night by the fans, who know that he isn't worth his salary. Howard's absurd contract has prevented Washington from trading him and building up any other talent...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Maybe They Should Stay in School | 4/5/2000 | See Source »

...that the absent parents of the child who shot Kayla are irrelevant and gun legislation is relevant? Why not require parenting classes and forbid procreation without a background check, waiting period and license? This legislation, as absurd as it sounds, would have been more beneficial to Kayla. JOSEPH L. GREENE Canyon Country, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 3, 2000 | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

...many grades that are given rely on one exam, where there are no TFs. It's absurd to ask one professor to grade 140 exams," he says...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Law School Plans Reforms in wake of McKinsey Survey | 3/16/2000 | See Source »

...difficult to undo the remote past by particular programs rewarding the descendants of people who suffered," Thernstrom said. "One might as well begin by asking the African government to provide compensation because it is they who captured the slaves and sold them. It seems to me that would be absurd...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Scholars Join Debate About Slavery Reparations | 3/1/2000 | See Source »

...hardly endeared himself to feminists with lines like "I like to marry women whom I can beat once in a while, and who fight back." Married six times with mistresses on the side, he was still able to develop a friendship with Gloria Steinem. Mailer's comments seem absurd, and seem less a result of male chauvinism and more a tool with which Mailer attempted to get more popular attention...

Author: By Erik Beach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Life on the High-Wire | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

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