Word: absurdity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...staff's insistence on the criminalization of petty drug offenses is also absurd. Currently, our judicial system is overloaded with drug charges against non-violent first-time offenders, such as Blankenship and David. Even worse, in many states, violent criminals such as murderers and rapists are paroled and released from prison to make room for small-time drug offenders who recieve ridiculously punitive mandatory sentences...
...songs was largely excellent, including standards and some interesting sub-standards, like the Gershwin self-parody "Blah Blah Blah" and Leonard Bernstein's pattersong "I Can Cook Too." "Blah Blah Blah" particularly allowed deLima to camp it up, leading the audience in a sing-along while capering to the absurd lyrics. (The screen on which the lyrics were projected was a nice touch, too.) As for the four Sondheim songs, including three in a row at the end, they were not too big a price to pay for the rest -- which is saying quite...
...staff editorial it unanimously and unilaterally rejected the ideas of the Republican Party while complaining that Bill Clinton is insufficiently left-wing, and then amazingly lobbed the following stone at Bob Dole: "Certainly he has no new ideas. And the ones he has dredged up from the past are absurd...
...absurd to have to choose between eating a real lunch and being on time to lecture when simply opening up. Annenberg eliminates this dilemma altogether. I suppose Harvard Dining Services could argue that this is the very reason I have Board Plus ($50 per semester to spend at any dining establishment on campus). But $50 really doesn't go far; in practical terms, after buying the irresistible Coffee Press Pot, one can hardly afford anything else--but then again, maybe that's a good thing...
...Republican Party has chosen to wage its campaign for the executive branch on the very principle of opposition. What does Bob Dole have to offer America beside himself? Certainly he has no new ideas. And the ones he has dredged up from the past are absurd. Supply-side economics has been ridiculed by every economist except Jack Kemp, and so it was he who made a fine selection for a ticket bound to fail alongside its success-proof policies...