Word: absurdities
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Considering how much ridicule she endured from political opponents during and after the 2000 Florida presidential election recount debacle, it's almost astounding that Katherine Harris would willingly put herself in a position to be the butt of more jokes. But as a candidate in the absurd political circus that has been the Republican Senate primary race, that is just what the former Secretary of State and two-term congresswoman has done, and she now finds herself imploding on the eve of the primary election next Tuesday, painted as a bumbling, Starbucks-swilling, intolerant party pariah...
...Finding the Way to Peace Robert Malley's viewpoint on U.S. policy in the Middle East [July 24] is absurd. According to his theory, the next logical step would be for the Bush Administration to start peace negotiations with the Taliban, Iraqi insurgents and even Osama bin Laden. Can you imagine what the world would be like today if F.D.R. had decided to negotiate with Japan and Nazi Germany? David Holtzer Kibbutz Urim, Israel...
...That love of people, of life, found expression in Len's absurd generosity. Contrary to the general assumption, his cellar was not especially well-stocked, because he was always drinking the stuff. Not drinking; sharing. Len must have poured more great wine down unsophisticated throats than anyone in history: I have a beer-loving friend who still has no idea he has drunk Romane?-Conti. Len wasn't stupid-his glass tended magically to look a little fuller than the next-but he'd rather have called someone in off the street than drink a great bottle by himself...
...directly controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei and that President Ahmadinejad is merely a mascot for the regime. That type of government is a simple dictatorship. Aryan Mojtahedi Montreal Finding the Way to Peace Robert Malley's viewpoint on U.S. policy in the Middle East [July 24] is absurd. According to his theory, the next logical step would be for the Bush Administration to start peace negotiations with the Taliban, Iraqi insurgents and even Osama bin Laden. Can you imagine what the world would be like today if F.D.R. had decided to negotiate with Japan and Nazi Germany? David...
...match. Piercings, facial and otherwise, make the crowded street sparkle like a Christmas tree. In a crowd like this, Americans certainly stand out like sore thumbs.This is about more than personal taste. The astonishing element of many of these trends is not the absurdity—fashion has been absurd for the entirety of documented human history—but that, on a biological scale, these standards of aesthetics are, objectively and cross-culturally, unattractive. If you’re into extremely convoluted academic essays full of big words and citations, add Karl Grammar’s essay...