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...That's what you're dealing with in the South," said Smith. "It's just an endless, endless succession of absurd things...

Author: By Matthew J. Mcdonald, | Title: Lawyers Criticize Death Penalty Abuse in South | 11/20/1990 | See Source »

...people, and that speaking at the rally made me an advocate of the sit-ins that I personally oppose. Sneider, by this standard, supports the official Crimson position giving students a veto over the presidential choice, since he did not dissent from The Crimson's editorial. This logic is absurd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sneider Missed Both Rally and Its Point | 11/17/1990 | See Source »

Many similar cases exist at Harvard museums and at museums around the world. Certainly the categorical return of every work of art to its country of origin is absurd. But some art objects, such as the sacred material of the Omaha, the Elgin marbles and the cave paintings of Tun-huang, are integral to their original culture...

Author: By Laura A. Dickinson, | Title: Ending Art `Trusts' | 11/10/1990 | See Source »

...pledge: "No more mud." His Democratic rival, state treasurer Ann Richards, said amen to the goal of a clean campaign. Those good intentions lasted no longer than a firefly's twinkle. No sooner had the vows been made than both candidates began hurling misleading accusations, tossing insults and making absurd pledges of no new taxes in a state facing a budget deficit of at least $3 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Down and Dirty | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

Although originally intended as a safeguard against unfair and irrelevant business practices, subsequent interpretations of Griggs have grown progressively activist and absurd. Put simply, good intentions sometimes translate into...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Empowerment, Not Preferences | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

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