Word: outlandishing
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Professor Higonnet, if he reads this, will probably use it in his next article as an example of dissent being attacked in America. The tedious attitude that equates criticism with intimidation and censorship is sadly powerful among scholars who are generally only praised as progressives for their outlandish beliefs. However, I don’t think that he should be stopped from presenting his beliefs. In fact, I think he ought to explain more clearly to Harvard conservatives who admire the leadership of President Bush why we are actually racist, greedy, imperialist bigots...
...beginning, Chuck joins a guided tour in the Rockefeller Center lobby, runs off to apply for a job there and in a wink is leading a tour of his own--all in the same shot. Later he walks from the present into the past, from fact to outlandish fiction, in this confession of a most unreliable mind. Clooney, notorious for his practical jokes, here constructs his most elaborate jape...
...unrealistic, however, to expect all students to want to get involved in sports while they are at college. Even if the time crunch here were not so extreme, there simply are some people for whom sports just do not appeal. But it is not outlandish to demand respect and admiration for the achievements and commitment of athletes, and for an acknowledgement that, say, playing on the women’s hockey team is every bit as worthy a way to spend one’s time at Harvard as singing in an a cappella group or writing for a publication...
Sonsie is not for wan women or frail society ladies of delicate constitutions. This is a frantic nest of raucousness, but also a colorful pageant of the elegant and the dodgy, offering a dining experience which demands that you contend with outlandish decor, menu exotica and a congested and tortuous layout...
...denies it was aslei*Aep, but since last Sept. 11, its Counter-Terrorism Center has doubled its manpower. Fearing he was not getting enough creativity from his spooks, CIA Director George Tenet set up a "red cell" after 9/11, with a dozen free thinkers who dream up outlandish ways bin Laden might strike. The red cell has written some unusual papers for Tenet. One, for example, was titled "View from the Cave" and has bin Laden speaking in the first person (or as the cell envisions him doing so) and musing about Sept. 11 and his next attack...