Word: absurdly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Smooth & Scatty. Infractions of etiquette upset her. Vulgarity makes her eyes flash. "I am not an intolerant woman, but I abominate stupidity," she says. Her withering stare could reduce a rabid dog to foaming jelly. She smiles lopsidedly at absurd questions. She gives lopsided answers too. Is she eccentric? "I hope I'm an individual. I suppose an eccentric is a superindividual. Perhaps an eccentric is just off-center-ex-centric. But that contradicts a belief of mine that we've got to be centrifugal...
...urged Schréder, must "take a positive attitude" to the "Kennedy round" of tariff negotiations, "even if it means a slowdown in our internal development." France's Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville, whose government is afraid of U.S. competition in Europe, repeatedly muttered "absurd" as Schréder and other foreign ministers pressed their case. However, Schréder had a potent weapon. France, Europe's lowest-cost agricultural producer, is demanding that the Six adopt a uniform policy on farm prices by July. If this happens, Germany would be forced to find new work...
...wonder the existentialist suffers from irremediable anguish, James might say. He exalts the self and existence at the expense of instinct, sensation, and being. Life is absurd for the existentialist; it is not for the female fly on the bit of dung. The existentialist moans, "I am." The fly simply shakes with a "voluptuous thrill," as her ovipositor discharges...
...attains fulfilment--she achieves the "only fitting thing." Would we not condemn the fly as the victim of a perverse obsession if she never discharged her ovipositor, but instead fretted continuously about her existential plight? No doubt we would be forced to conclude that her life was absurd...
...discriminating fan who refers competition to one-sided demonstration of prowess, the Athletic department has thoughtfully reserved the best for last -- 6:10 p.m. Saturday to be exact. At this absurd the varsity lightweight crew is scheduled to face Princeton and Yale the Goldthwaite Cup -- a cherishtrophy which Harvard has won for the last five years. Staying around this one may make you late for our elegant House dinner engagement but it should be worth...