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...between South Africa and Nazi Germany are ridiculous. Until South Africa begins to round up entire Black families and villages and cart them off to gas chambers and ovens--and gets the crazy idea of trying to do the same in the rest of the world--such analogies are absurd and can only confuse those not yet among the ranks of the committed...
...clever, literate, elliptical writing is the best in comics today. The art is a departure from the flat, lurid drawing associated with comics ever since Roy Lichtenstein made his fortune with it; Miller uses shadows and suggestions to conceal the absurd aspects of his medium--we all saw how silly a man really looks in a Batman suit--and inventive panel arrangement to exploit its strengths. Klaus Janson's inking adds depth to the art, and the coloring, by Lynn Varley, is subtle and effective...
...magazine publishers defended their product. Said Playboy Enterprises President Christie Hefner: "The idea that Playboy, which has stood for positive, healthy sex for three decades, should be linked to violent pornography is absurd." Bob Guccione, publisher of Penthouse and Forum, responded by taking out an ad that ran in newspapers across the country. Declared Guccione: "Just as I have every constitutional right to publish Penthouse, so you, too, have every right to read it or ignore it." So, presumably, does 7-Eleven have a right to refuse to stock such publications...
...council report may be released as early as mid-May, but intensive ACSR meetings during reading and exam periods are "absurd from the point of view of students," McLeod said...
Members of a class all come together in their freshman year when the majority lives in the Yard and during their senior year when they participate in commencement-centered activities. "It's sort of absurd to try to promote some sort of interest [senior year] when you have a bridge of two years," said Mendez...