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...American protest movement. Hyperbolic flame-thrower Dinesh D'Souza followed in The New York Times by implying that those who support divestment from South Africa are in fact condoning mass extinction and, by obvious implication, persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union. That charge, in addition to being utterly absurd, lent a new, odious twist to anti-Semitic-baiting by the right...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Cheap Thrills | 11/13/1985 | See Source »

...Other Husband, much like Entre Nous, seems to be a testimony against men. Alice's two absurd mates, surprisingly, are the best of the bunch. But the film can't decide whether it wants to be a satirical farce or a movie with a purpose, and it ends up being neither funny nor meaningful...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: A Testimony Against Men | 11/8/1985 | See Source »

...want mass demonstrations. All the 'Hey, Ho, Derck Bok' stuff is just absurd. But I would like to address the administration directly and with well-articulated arguments," he said...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Conservatives Urge Sale of USSR Stock | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

...exotic place with the most exotic people in North America, but making every Texan as a most honest, least scrupulous, or add-your-own-superlative adjective variation on John Wayne just isn't real. Otto McNab, the Mexican-killingest, honestest, independentest, good-community-manest Texas Ranger is almost so absurd that the book becomes humor rather than drama. There were some pretty tough Rangers, but none so epic in every quality...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: The Facts Without the Feelings of Texas | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

...that makes the 53-0 score that much more absurd...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: How an 8-0 Victory Became a 53-0 Slaughter | 10/29/1985 | See Source »

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