Word: outlandishing
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Reading the shopworn stereotypes and outlandish characterizations of central Nevada in Walter Kirn's piece "Conspiracy, U.S.A." made me suspect the authenticity of the reporting on the other places. Do brothels and junk stores offer an accurate window into Nevada's towns? Or perhaps you were just looking for something colorful from the Wild West. At best, the Nevada story was condescending. It is a good example of how presuppositions can control perceptions. ED IVERSON Fallon...
...Cable News Network. A few days after the ceremony, the New York Times reported that CNN had offered Brokaw, 57, a $7 million-a-year gig. That's $3 million or $4 million more than the anchor is making now, and Brokaw's NBC contract expires Aug. 30. But outlandish sums often crop up in print at negotiation time. It's easy to make an offer but hard to make a deal...
...early Cynics were real characters, no doubt about it. Advocates of the doggy life, the Cynics were a breed of mad philosophers, terrorizing Greek antiquity with their rough-edged wisdom. Diogenes, probably the most famous Cynic, is well known for his outlandish behavior and his adoration of the "natural life." When a helpful Alexander asked the doggy sage what he could do to aid him, Diogenes replied, "Get out of my light...
...could such an outlandish performer find a place in the sanitized mainstream of pop culture? For starters, Manson is a natural-born showman with dark charisma and a knack for sensationalistic imagery. "This band has always been about pulling one over on the mainstream," he admits. Part Boy George and part Oliver Stone, Manson intentionally crafts his image to incite maximum shock. He often performs clad in jackboots and trussed up in leather. Onstage and off, he wears black lipstick and cakes his face in mortician's white, giving himself a deathly, freshly exhumed look...
...country and journey as far as Portugal before finally being apprehended in London. He had to have had help--if not with the killing itself, then surely with the getaway. It most likely came from white racist groups, not the FBI or CIA, as the more outlandish conspiracy theorists claim...