Word: surrealness
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...left wing and the wicked tyranny of the Harvard administration.From its introduction, it would almost be easy to mistake the Guide for an odd exercise in irony—it is, after all, hosted at the site “badideafactory.com.” But its implausibility, even its surreal absurdity in some cases—one student writes of her resistance to “wet-dreams of greatness”—in fact masks its more disturbing side. The Guide’s exact purpose is unclear: Perhaps its creators aim to recruit a revolutionary army...
...drama at computer maker Hewlett-Packard took a turn for the surreal last week when ex-chairwoman Patricia Dunn and four others were charged with felonies, including identity theft and conspiracy, in a spy scandal that has sparked congressional hearings and a wave of high-profile resignations, including Dunn's. Nearly two years ago, the media started publishing things only an HP director could know. Dunn tapped private investigator Ronald DeLia to find the leaker. The operation--which included PIs posing as journalists and HP directors in order to access their phone records--fell on the wrong side...
...Most Surreal Moment - Watching Marines arrive at my detention facility and unload a truck load of flex-cuffed midgets. 26 to be exact. We had put the word out earlier in the day to the Marines in Fallujah that we were looking for Bad Guy X, who was described as a midget. Little did I know that Fallujah was home to a small community of midgets, who banded together for support since they were considered as social outcasts. The Marines were anxious to get back to the midget colony to bring in the rest of the midget suspects...
...work as a unique, truthful examination of the Irish landscape. “Let’s see the land for what it really is,” he says. “It’s haunting, it’s beautiful, and it’s surreal all at the same time. The first day I was there I knew I was on to something.” —Staff writer Richard C. Beck can be reached at rbeck@fas.harvard.edu...
...Hustle and Flow”—rappers are transitioning into screen stars with ever-increasing frequency. After years languishing below the popular consciousness, Flavor Flav reemerged several years ago in the hit reality show “The Surreal Life,” and was successful enough there to land his own reality dating show, “Flavor of Love.” These days, even Ice T—notorious for his ever-so-slightly controversial song “Cop Killer”—plays a police officer on television?...