Word: absurdities
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...Franco Zeffirelli, whose views mirror the Pope's on most issues, isn't enamored of the artistic taste of the Vatican. When it named 45 films with worthy religious content, none were his. He fumed, "My films have brought about many more conversions than all those cited in this absurd list...
...Alfred Jarry's absurd 1896 play from which the musical "Ubu Rock" was adapted, is a farce that was originally written to mock Jarry's arrogant math teacher. It is the story of how a revolting, scatological member of the wealthy bourgeoisie takes over Poland. Audiences were disgusted by the play when it was first produced nearly a century ago. A few Boston theater-goers may have been revolted by "Ubu Rock" (every once in a while, little old ladies walk out of the show), but most found the show's music, acting and writing riotous-in the best sense...
...Sections with numbers in the twenties are just absurd," says CUE member Noah R. Freeman '98. "A table with a dozen students around it and six people sitting outside is just not what sections are meant...
These are times that try our souls. In the face of absurd and senseless tragedy, I still have hope that the murderous voices will be drowned out. But it will take unprecendented resolve. And brothers may yet take up arms against one another...
...after that a mission to bring a chunk of comet back to Earth, slated for 1999. Each is supposed to cost a few hundred million dollars at most, and thanks to NEAR that goal, considered highly improbable when it was first proposed five years ago, doesn't seem so absurd. "We've now proved we can get it built and out to the launch pad on time and on budget," says Huntress. "Until it reaches Eros, we can't call it a complete success. But it's looking very good...