Word: absurdities
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...night, he attends a Democratic presidential debate. This is not one of the ones nationally broadcast on CNN or even PBS. It's held by a tiny Democratic group in Waterloo, Iowa, that got in its head that anyone can host a debate at the local high school. More absurd than this is the fact that Biden and Chris Dodd both show up. As the elderly moderator goes over the detailed, confusing rules about time limits--the breaking of which will result with loud beeps like a very unfun game of Taboo--the Senators stand quietly at their lecterns, having...
...absurd to fly back and forth like that. Symbolically, it sends out the wrong signal," said Jorgo Riss, director of Greenpeace E.U. "In this day and age they could have come up with something more imaginative. They could have held a virtual signing ceremony, over the Internet, which would have combined modern technologies with an environment-friendly policy...
Active administrative intervention as an effective means of cultivating “civic courage” and “views contrary to those of established forces” seems not merely impractical, but almost absurd. The activism of the 1960s was resolute in its antagonism toward institutions and administrators; faculty meetings and procedural resolutions hardly seem the crucible for this specific brand of advocacy. Yet those that were the targets of student activism are now supposed to study and stoke it. This is not only ironic but impractical—a University’s job is to educate...
...ignored by the media. In a situation like this, the Russian people are reduced to pawns with very little free choice. When threats, indoctrination and dishonesty are allowed to flourish, even a fake democracy loses the ability to maintain its disguise. The events of the past week would be absurd but, tellingly, they did not shock many. President Putin, hiding in the Kremlin and protected by favorable public opinion, has had a crucial opponent arrested for taking part in a demonstration. The timing could not be better: With well-known chess grandmaster turned democracy advocate Gary Kasparov behind bars...
...sound absurd, but I am truly sad that I have not yet contributed enough to the well-being of Earth to be listed as one of the Heroes of the Environment. When environmental issues first inspired me in elementary school, I worried that I might have to fight the war against global deterioration alone. I have since realized there is no need to worry; there are many people who take environmental issues seriously and act to make a difference. Right now I am only 18, not yet knowledgeable enough to influence the world, but with my passions, I believe...