Word: outlandishing
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...This might seem a little outlandish. But, if each student at Harvard loses $100 (a conservative estimate), and there are tens of thousands of students, then we’re all missing out on millions of buyback dollars. The easy answer is for professors to change their ways—but this prospect does not seem very likely. There must be a more pragmatic solution that still allows professors to procrastinate...
...He’s a very endearing guy with a wildly outlandish spirit,” says former teammate and friend Conor G. Black ’04. Since he became an artist, Schaffer has found a creative outlet for that spirit...
...hard to separate fact from fiction with these men, and some of their claims were outlandish - that Saddam Hussein had been in Mosul on April 9 and U.S. troops had knowingly let the dictator slip into Syria, that Americans were stealing historical artifacts, that the Americans were shooting at ambulances. But what is clear is that the two shooting incidents have put America on the defensive in its campaign to convince the people of Mosul that the Americans are on their side...
...this had to be destiny. So, to get his attention, I started drawing the other people in the gym. As it’s hard to draw on a Stairmaster, it ended up being this very squiggly impressionistic thing. But I was so embarrassed that I was making this outlandish attempt to get his attention that I didn’t even look at him, didn’t smile or attempt conversation or anything. That was probably my most embarrassing moment...
...dress rehearsal of any battle for Baghdad, British forces are advancing quickly on Basra. But their commanders have indicated that they plan to avoid fighting street by street for control of this city, planning to enter only once they'll be welcomed in. That possibility is not as outlandish as it may sound - Basra was the epicenter of the bloody Shiite revolt against Saddam in 1991, and coalition commanders have reason to suspect that Saddam's control of the city may once again be broken by an internal uprising. Images of coalition forces being welcomed by cheering crowds would certainly...