Word: absurdness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...obtained last evening of the reported crime wave at the University, the CRIMSON did get in touch with Father Dorr, a close friend and fellow pastor of Father Kelly. He categorically denied that Father Kelly made any such remarks as were reported, and said, "The whole thing is absurd...
...good; but his lordship allowed his irritation to rule his Salisbury head. He accused the U. S. of using more opium and narcotic drugs than the people of India, whose sacred rights he was also representing.- Such absurd charges all but broke up the conference. Mr. Porter took the earliest opportunity of rising to confront Lord Cecil with his black slander on the U. S. A situation had undoubtedly been created that called for diplomatic handling. Mr. Porter was anything but suave, he fell in Lord Cecil's error, replied angrily that the charge was a false and vile...
Time is wanting time to reflect, to ponder, to dream; idle hours when fancy sets the spirit free. Can one imagine Plato or Shakespeare in a managership competition? The thought is absurd, and yet just as absurd is the ceaseless round of petty activities that make up "college life...
...meet. "Tiny", the dancing teacher, falls in love with a wealthy but quite useless young man, whose parents-firmly forbid the match. Here the lovable "Uncle Anyhow" steps in to fix things up, which he does for everyone, including himself. The scene in which he haltingly proposes marriage--"an absurd suggestion, I know"--to the older daughter, "Rude Min" of the chorus, is in itself, as the sideshow barkers put it, worth the price of admission...
...Mother Goose, there is some pretty poor stuff. . But on the whole it's good; and so far hasn't been beaten. The combination of word sounds, the catchy rhythm, the absurd, jolly or pathetic pictures evoked-all have their place and appeal. The rhymes are not "criminal," I am convinced by observation as well as by my own memory. Even to the tragic death of cock robin, which has caused many a weep in many nurseries...