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Word: absurdity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bridget's pursuit of a boyfriend. It was as though she wanted one not because falling in love is a signature experience of humanity but because she saw a man as a necessary accoutrement of urbane life, like a Prada bag. Her Stateside compatriots aren't nearly as absurd--or maybe they just have better shrinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beyond Bridget Jones | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...thinks it's absurd...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan and Alexis B. Offen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: We Asked, They Told | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

...thinks it's absurd...

Author: By Alexis B. Offen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: We ASKED They TOLD | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

...STARTED EARLY: Aside from learning the difference between net and gross points, nothing prepares an actor better than prepubescent training in the theater of the absurd. At age 11, Stiles wrote a letter to the director of New York City's artsy La Mama Theater asking to audition. Soon she was appearing in avant-garde plays and lip-synching to recorded dialogue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: 10 Things About Her | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

Whatever the legal consequences of the NRDC report, a cherished American myth has taken a serious, perhaps fatal, blow. Americans spent $4 billion on 3.4 billion gallons of bottled water last year, despite the fact that, as most people realize, the whole concept behind the fad is completely absurd...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: Bad News for the Evian Set | 4/8/1999 | See Source »

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