Word: absurdities
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...feeling of anti-Americanism, not just because of the Iraq war but for many other issues as well. And judging from the comments of colleagues and friends throughout Europe and farther afield, it seems the whole world is laughing at the U.S., a country that re-elected the most absurd President in history. The arrogance of Robinson's article is an example of exactly what is wrong. If you believe the U.S. election can restore the world's faith in America, then you are sadly wrong. It will take a lot more than that. Andy Deakin, VIENNA...
...light of the enormous contributions that Harvard and other Ivy League schools make to society, the fact that they must defend themselves so rigorously against public scorn is absurd. Far from serving as a bastion for the elite, the Ivy League has spearheaded the recent movement toward socioeconomic diversity in higher education. Rather than reinforcing social stratification, Harvard and its sister institutions promote social fluidity by generously subsidizing those students who could otherwise not afford a university education. Providing financial assistance to over two-thirds of all undergraduates, the University can no longer be accurately labeled as a club...
...Those risks were already apparent when Dean and the DNC made their original fateful decision. Last May, Republican Florida Governor Charlie Crist and the state's G.O.P.-controlled legislature - fed up with what they call an absurd presidential primary process that gives small states like Iowa and New Hampshire inordinate clout - decided to leapfrog Florida's primary from March to Jan. 29. The move violated Democratic as well as Republican party rules, but many if not most Florida Democrats also supported it. Still, the DNC ruled that all 210 of Florida's Democratic nominating delegates would be annulled. It exacted...
...getting the troops home?" And this is in some of the most conservative counties as well as more liberal counties. So I think people across the board in Wisconsin think this is a very unwise situation, and the notion that somehow the surge has made it all better is absurd to most people in my state. They can see the truth...
Critics of the report call that conclusion an absurd stretch, especially since there is no published evidence that the coca leaf itself is toxic or addictive. Foremost among the detractors is left-wing Bolivian President Evo Morales, who remains head of one of the country's largest coca-growing unions and was elected as Bolivia's first indigenous head of state in 2005 in part because of his defense of the leaf. "This leaf," Morales said at last year's U.N. General Assembly, holding one up at the podium, "represents... the hope of our people." Bolivia accounts for about...