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...angry and humiliated later in the week, after the New York Times published an article claiming that Marcos' wartime record as a guerrilla fighter against the occupying Japanese, to which he makes frequent and boastful reference, was judged by the U.S. Army back in 1948 to be "fraudulent" and "absurd." Ever since his early political days Marcos has claimed to have played a hero's role as leader of a Philippine guerrilla unit called Ang Mga Maharlika (Free Men) between 1942 and 1944. An Army report squirreled away in U.S. Government archives shows that Marcos had instead deserted his guerrilla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Test for Democracy | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...decision, Brieant wrote that the size of the bond the Texas law required was "just so absurd, so impractical and so expensive that it hardly bears discussion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tribe Joins $10.5B Oil Suit | 1/17/1986 | See Source »

Sorry, Shish, but the concept of the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl is about as absurd as the concept of the Atlanta Falcons--or the New Orleans Saints, for that matter--in the playoffs...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Pats-Miami: Two Hometown Boys Square Off... | 1/10/1986 | See Source »

Wise wrote that it is "absurd to assume that carriers of the AIDS virus--some of whom are prostitutes--will unanimously refrain from having sex. The only feasible option we have right now is to identify AIDS carriers and take steps to isolate them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wise Up, I | 1/8/1986 | See Source »

...This is absurd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wise Up, I | 1/8/1986 | See Source »

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