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...born in the decaying, politically absurd city of Washington D.C. My first computer was an Apple IIe, and I played "Dr. J vs. Larry Bird." I loved the little guy who would sweep up the glass after a slam dunk. He has been my inspiration for everything I've done since, including this column. Thank you squeaky clean...
...find myself thinking back to what was going on when the President was engaging in his now famous soft-porn escapades. The public image Clinton has presented seems both absurd and hypocritical when considered along side his now public private life. My thoughts keep returning to two glaring ironies that seem particularly striking given the timing of the affair...
...Marx's view, this human rights idea only protected the rights of egoistic man, not of man as "species-being." So Marx's saying was a critique, not a happy description. To invoke it so out of context is absurd. AEYAL GROSS...
...absurd to think that the key to ending welfare is teaching folks how to dress and explaining the concept of "boss" [NATION, July 13]. The problems of poverty and unemployment in low-income neighborhoods are deeply entrenched. Quick-fix policies blind us to real solutions, such as fully funding our schools and providing jobs that pay a wage that can support a family. HUNTER CUTTING San Francisco...
...snickers) since last spring, when, during a seasonal campaign against corruption, Yeltsin decreed that all government officials should declare their incomes and holdings. Intended to increase transparency at the highest levels of power and build public trust, the decree had the opposite effect. Nearly all the declared incomes were absurd. The oil-and-media tycoon BORIS BEREZOVSKY, then deputy secretary of the Security Council, put his net worth at $38,500. And just how transparent is Yeltsin being? Last year he explained that his income was modest (largely derived from royalties on his memoirs), but not to worry, the state...