Word: absurdity
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...intellectual comedian whose life was one long perpetration of jokes against his haughty self. His Ordeal of Richard Feverel sardonically recounted the misadventures of a proper Victorian young gentleman brought up in almost complete ignorance of sex. The hero of The Egoist was a young baronet of such absurd self-love that he delayed his marriage (and lost the girl) worrying that she might remarry if he died first...
...Piddling things like proper legislative functions. There are still, in this country, many people who want to see McCarthy investigate anything he desires. The bread and circuses are so attractive they are willing to pay the price of ignoring Constitutional limitations. But as the Senator's proposals get more absurd, the interest is bound to drop for good. At that time will Joe McCarthy be permanently relegated to the dismal niche in American history he has carved for himself...
...each play Coward masters a different type of humor, the first, slapstick, the second, strict dialogue, and last, absurd situation. because deft, definitive character portrayal makes the film, the abilities of the actors are paramount, and direction by the author, though quite adequate, is of secondary importance. The acting is clever and witty, fitting perfectly Mr. Coward's lines...
...absurd to suppose that the married graduate student who already has health and hospitalization insurance would got security or anything else for the money the University demands from him. It is unfair to force him to buy what he don't need. Few married students with the gripps would exchange home care for Infirmary routine; even fewer married and insured students would go to the Infirmary for anything more serious than the grippe. Single students have no real choice. Consequently the new rule amounts to a scheme for plugging the hole in the Hygiene Department's financial like with...
...Portland; 3) introduced in 1953 a banquet speaker who in 1945 had allegedly sponsored a dinner for Paul Robeson. Rogge claimed to represent hundreds of "taxpayers, school patrons and citizens," but refused te say who they were. Though the slur upon the non-Communist Urban League was obviously absurd, the board thought Rogge's charges required investigation, hired a firm of former...