Word: absurdity
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...this moment. A calming of the bloodlust shared by perhaps a majority of Americans is welcome, and I hope that those of us interested in human rights and concerned about the lives of innocent civilians can soften hawkish and immoderate calls for war. However, demanding absolute peace is absurd. A more intellectually and morally nuanced reaction by Harvard students would acknowledge the almost unanimous support for military action but demand that strikes be conducted in accordance with international humanitarian law so as to diminish the risks to the innocent as much as possible. We can soften the impact...
...only recently has the FAA started to put stronger rules into effect, requiring more stringent employee background checks and training as well as mandating that all checked baggage be scanned by sophisticated bomb-screening devices--by 2014. Two weeks before the tragedy, a veteran pilot told TIME: "It's absurd to think we're safe...
With the demand for newsespecially sports newsalways increasing, the media can begin covering stories bordering on the absurd. But last Monday, there was plenty of news...
...Over in the corner, Tobias Schenkel is wrestling with the intricacies of an early 19th century pocket watch: on its blue enamel face, two angels strike the hours with tiny hammers. In this age of oscillating quartz crystals and digital technology, Tobias concedes that there's something absurd about his chosen profession. But for this 25-year-old, that's the whole point. "Watchmaking is like an island in the modern era," he explains. "Amid all these new technologies, it's one old technology that's exactly the same today as it was 100 years...
...jobs, that number comes from an 11-year-old study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute that economists complain wildly inflates the employment potential. "It's just absurd," says Eban Goodstein, an economist at Lewis and Clark College, who predicts the real job growth will be less than one-tenth that number...