Word: absurdity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...space and time, which he melded into a single entity called space-time--is relative, as malleable as rubber. The Big Bang theory further established that space-time came into existence at a definite point in the past. Talking about what happened "before" the Big Bang is meaningless--as absurd as talking about what lies north of the North Pole...
...role of Dickie Greenleaf lets Law be charming and cruel: he wears the part like a fine, sleek suit, just crumpled enough to seem lived-in. Even in one of those absurd '50s hats that wanna-beatniks had to sport, Law comes across as a little bit perfect, and a little bit vile. You can see why Tom gets all hot around the collar for Dickie's lifestyle, even if it comes with Gwyneth Paltrow as an accessory too sweetie-pie elegant for its own good. Of course, Mr. Ripley doesn't last too long as Dickie...
...Gautam: (Uttering a high-pitched squeal) Aiiii! Alright-alright. Let's...back away. No one becomes a dean in the Harvard administration by being dumb. It's absurd...
Maybe because what the council has proven that what it does best--provide student services--has absolutely no relevance to student opinion. It's completely absurd to think we need a two-week election, complete with campaign finance rules, election commissioners and debates, to choose who will lobby the College administration for the long-anticipated three-ply toilet paper. Students are right to see these elections as a farce--not because the council is incompetent, but because what it does well doesn't require a democratically elected leadership. We're being asked to vote for a bureaucrat...
...that marked this October's "National Coming Out Day" celebration at Harvard, when coming out was given an undeniably political meaning. Radical gay activists, it seems, can plaster the Yard with profanity and pornography while avoiding a campus outcry--but when conservatives dare to poke gentle fun at this absurd display, we are accused of intolerance and hate-mongering...