Word: outlandishing
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...were taking money from an independent donor, you would have to treat that donor with respect," the new assistant dean says. "[Donors] never give away money without strictures.... That would be outlandish...
...while we share the outrage Mansfield's racist comments may have sparked, we are also disappointed with the nature of the protest against Mansfield's views. The protesters stain a back row of Mansfield's class and walked out silently after 15 minutes. This protest was certainly not as outlandish or offensive as the active disruption of Mansfield's Government 1091 class, "Liberalism and Conservatism in American Politics," which occurred last September. But even this mild disruption is a violation of the sanctity of the classroom and an infringement on Mansfield's professorial rights. Political protests should not take place...
This week the outrageous Mr. Stupak unveils his outsize, outlandish, outer-space vision in an orgasmic burst of fireworks and flackery. The fourth tallest building in the U.S. (fifth, if you count the World Trade Center twice), the Stratosphere opens with 1,500 rooms and 97,000 sq. ft. of casino space, and a promenade with a handsomely designed World's Fair theme. By year's end Stupak hopes to have completed an additional 1,000 rooms, a retail mall, a giant pool and a King Kong-size gorilla ride--a 70-ft.-high mechanical ape that will climb...
...what can explain the behavior of those who spent such outlandish sums to relieve Jackie's children of parcels of their property? Someone with the taste and means to drop a fortune on an Impressionist painting has at least the pleasure of owning and looking at something beautiful. What is the person who paid $85,000 for a cigarette lighter with an inscribed J on it supposed to do with the thing? Light cigarettes? Take it out at dinner parties and mention casually that it once belonged to Jackie? And wouldn't the other guests immediately loathe the confidence...
...curtain rose, I saw the first of many surprisingly exquisite sets. These painted wonders were the lone source of continuous joy in the production. Unfortunately, this first set heralded the arrival of a long sequence of scenes introducing an unnecessarily large cast of outlandish characters. After the third such scene, there were many more than Pirandello's "Six," and they were searching for a plot, not an author...