Word: absurdity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bullet in his chest and compels an unwilling surgeon to take it out by first kidnapping the surgeon's little boy. Act I is mostly comedy, which consists of stating a few jokes and then elaborately developing them, like themes in music. Acts II and III are melodrama-absurd, but fairly exciting...
Next day II Duce took a prompt shot at the Pope, told Fascist officials: "I wish you and everyone to know that also in the race question we will go straight ahead. To say that Fascism has imitated anyone or anything is simply absurd." Thus squaring off once more at the Vatican, Mussolini caused his two sentences to be shrieked out in Italy's press. But to most Italians the cause of the battle was not immediately evident, would not be until their parish priests told them of it. With the exception of Rome's Catholic dailies, Italian...
...noon that day the weak, confused Government of Left Republican Santiago Casares Quiroga issued a communiqué condemning a revolt that it admitted had broken out in Spanish Morocco, but protesting that "nobody, absolutely nobody had taken part in this absurd scheme" in Spain proper. But before the week was out Premier Casares Quiroga's "nobody" had grown to a formidable list of somebodies, including Spain's best generals, 75% of the Spanish Army of 120,000 officers and men, many devout Catholic communicants, an overwhelming majority of the numerous Roman Catholic clergy, former noblemen and landowners, Fascists...
...surprising. In marrying Barbara Hutton, he married not only a rich chain store heiress but a character created and promulgated by modern U. S. journalism. If he had not realized it, millions of U. S. newspaper readers had. To them, Babs is a serial story, exciting, enviable, absurd, romantic, unreal...
...loss: his poise. Son of an auctioneer and veterinary dentist, he is vociferous, deft-tongued, sportswise by inheritance, has a record of 244 words a minute. Still warming to his work when Champion Louis had finished his, Ringsider McCarthy was reduced to dithering bewilderment. His most absurd dither: "This is the shortest fight on record wherein a title changed hands...