Word: absurdities
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Jane Eyre, the novel, was always faintly absurd and decidedly lurid. But to a story bordering on trash, Charlotte Bronte brought storytelling bordering on genius. Told by uncoy, buffeted, orphanage-bred Jane herself-who comes as governess to Thornfield Hall, where the Byronic Mr. Rochester has a mad wife hidden away-Jane Eyre advances, in a rush of words, with a beat of real emotion...
...Certain comrades." said Tito, had cast suspicion on the Socialist character of Yugoslavia. "There is talk that a tactical attitude should be taken toward Yugoslavia, that she should be re-educated and again brought into camp ... It would be very useful if these comrades would finally abandon such absurd tendencies...
...Rankovic took up where Tito had left off. Said he: "We are again hearing voices to the effect that we Yugoslavs are 'sitting on two seats,' that we are bowing and scraping before the imperialists in order to get some of their 'tainted goods.' How absurd that is! If we had such flexible spines, they would have bent in 1948 under the powerful pressure of the great propaganda machine turned on them by several countries." In an access of enthusiasm, the congress delegates broke into a song that rates high on the Belgrade Hit Parade...
...nobody knows for certain when or why the confetti battle first appeared. It's existence, however, was a fact, taken as such, termed traditional, and permitted to pass unquestioned. After all, throwing confetti was fun, so why spoil it by asking absurd questions...
...slashed them by as much as half. In 1956, for example, the OCDM asked for $35 million to build air-raid shelters which the hydrogen bomb had largely outdated. And plans for mass evacuation of cities before atomic or hydrogen attack have ranged from the impractical to the absurd...