Word: absurdly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nonetheless, Marquand has undoubtedly been greatly responsible for some outdated and rather absurd popular conceptions about the interests and caliber of the post-War Harvard undergraduate...
...Shall Tear Down." To cure the economy, Lonardi proposed austerity and sacrifice, combined with economic freedom. "We shall tear down the absurd apparatus of interfering measures," he said. "We shall decisively encourage farm production . . . We shall busy ourselves with power production and transport . . . We shall cut wasteful expenditures...
...defined as a synthesis of insanities. Ever dominant passion generates a dominant fear, the fear of its non-fulfillment. Every dominant fear generates a nightmare. . . ." Russell's own solution: that every man summon in his mind a parliament of fears, in which each in turn is voted absurd by all the others. What would Norman Vincent Peal say? It hardly matters. The dreamers in Russell's little book did not follow the advice of either philosopher...
Spain at the end of the 18th century, as it figures in Goya's first series of etchings, Los Caprichos, was still in the clutches of an aggressive Church and absolute monarchy. The tragic and absurd position of the Grandees remained much as they are described in Don Quixote. But it was the people instead of the nobility who now played the exaggerated gallants, in imitation of the upper classes. Superficially Goya's criticisms of foppery, greed, or ignorance are typical of enlightened 18th century humor. But no one can fail to sense the darker moralism, especially in the demoniac...
...evolved, an intellectual ..." These half-educated Africans fall easily for Communist propaganda. Africa therefore must be bound to the West to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Communist East. Any idea of holding the African down permanently, as South Africa is trying to do, is absurd, says Cloete. Yet "the answer is not immediate freedom, which could mean black tyranny and tribal wars. It is an improved agriculture...