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Best to divert them with takes of double-800s who are happily attending state schools and absurd geographical diversity cases this made it into Harvard. They don't believe you, but it seems to make them feel better until the topic changes to sex, by which time only the Haroble are lot and you lead them on into the humudity beyond the Yard for bitter sweet chocolate ice cream...
...billion authorization for nerve gas production, were the only cuts which the House made without the approval of the White House. The white elephant B-1B bomber, the first-strike Trident 2 and Pershing 2 minutes, an unjustifiable and essentiatly priced MX missle, and a thoroughly absurd and unworkable "civil defense" program were all approved Apparently many legislators see no incousistency in throwing symbolic but meaningless sops to the messive nucleat freeze movement and then fleefully voting for the very weapons which most threaten to destabilize the current neclear balance...
...Gang of Four is another example of the phenomenon. The Gang disdains the time-honored rock themes of women, booze, and the counterculture. Instead, the Gang members address weighty topics such as "social structure" and the "relations of production"--all on a purely theoretical level. The approach is slightly absurd. Not that a few committed radicals can't have some good ideas set to music, but the thought of these guitar dogmatists pounding out their Marxism so relentlessly, earnestly, and literally must have Karl rolling in his grave...
...films, the best thing about Author! Author! is its star. The undeniable honesty of Pacino's emotions permeates the movie, filling in several of the more obvious holes in the script. Throughout the film, Pacino deftly conveys the vulnerability and anxiety of a very normal guy in a very absurd situation. The other performances in the film are all quite good, despite the script's neglect to allow proper character development. As Gloria, Tuesday Weld is low-key and credible. Dyan Cannon, as the object of Ivan's brief infatuation is appealing but virtually wasted in a flamboyant role that...
...ordered the invasion of the Falklands did not deter John Paul from hammering yet again at the message of peace and reconciliation he had carried throughout Britain. He prayed for "the peace of Christ upon all victims of both sides," asking his hearers to think "once again about the absurd and always unjust phenomenon of war, whose scenario of death and sorrow could be averted through the means of the negotiating table." He observed that "we are not facing terrifying spectacles such as those of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, but each time that we risk man's life, we trigger...