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Adapted by Richard E. Nash '92 from the writings of modernist Irish author Flann O'Brien, Hair of the Dogma is an intriguing, confusing, play. And in its own absurd but highly credible way, it is very funny...

Author: By E.k. Anagnostopoulos, | Title: Blarney or Brilliance? | 9/21/1990 | See Source »

...statistically stunning and demographically absurd for the Census Bureau to claim that a city whose resident birth rate has risen by at least 23 percent and which has welcomed more than 800,000 legal immigrants to its shores during the past decade has actually lost population," he said at a news conference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New York City to Fight Results of 1990 Census | 9/20/1990 | See Source »

LAST but not least, a sincere commitment to openness involves listening to students and (here's the hard part) acting on student demands. It is absurd that members of the Corporation--which meets every two weeks--refuse to meet regularly with undergraduates. If they did, students could make clear the need...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Blueprint for Harvard's Future | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

HARVARD'S focus on the bottom line reached symbolic and absurd proportions when control over Sanders Theater shifted from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to Harvard Real Estate (HRE) two years ago. HRE administrators pledged to make Sanders competetive with Boston concert areas. The result for student groups was felt this year: tripled rent, no guarantee for performing dates and required purchase of unnecessary services. Students were being chased out of the only large performance space on campus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Worshipping the Almighty Dollar | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

Last week the hope came crashing to the ground. After studying the cases, federal investigators declared the treatment useless and recommended against further human experimentation. They attributed one patient's remarkable recovery to misdiagnosis: he did not have Kaposi's sarcoma to begin with. Dr. Alonso called the report "absurd," and plans to continue his study, possibly in Latin America or Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Georgia: All Hype, No Hope | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

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