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...After our sophomore year, we took time off to focus on the band. One of our guys, Eric Pfeiffer '81, was from Montana and got us a tour there through an agent he knew. We did this totally absurd tour of roadhouses in Montana during the summer of '80. It was a real kick in the ass...a real Blues Brothers type of scenario: people throwing stuff, getting fired in the middle of gigs. I had an interesting conversation with a guy in Eureka, which is just ten miles from the Canadian border. It's the kind of place where...

Author: By Jon Natchez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Fuss about Russ | 4/14/2000 | See Source »

...Reporters had an] insufficient sense of the absurd," Mamet wrote...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mamet Cryptic About Book's Message | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

...decide to spend the money to do it. We may or may not decide to build a 100-mile-a-second spacecraft within 100 years, but we know that it is technically possible. The cost of developing a 100-mile-a-second spacecraft would be large but not absurd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Travel To The Stars? | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

...Juwan Howard, he earned a $15 million contract with the Washington Wizards a few years ago. Since then he has been booed every night by the fans, who know that he isn't worth his salary. Howard's absurd contract has prevented Washington from trading him and building up any other talent...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Maybe They Should Stay in School | 4/5/2000 | See Source »

...that the absent parents of the child who shot Kayla are irrelevant and gun legislation is relevant? Why not require parenting classes and forbid procreation without a background check, waiting period and license? This legislation, as absurd as it sounds, would have been more beneficial to Kayla. JOSEPH L. GREENE Canyon Country, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 3, 2000 | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

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