Word: absurdity
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...Absurd Headlines
...without warrant and out of all proportions the few successes that we have so far had in this war. As a result of my naval experience, and not because of any knowledge of the events themselves, it has been clearer to me perhaps than to the average citizen how absurd many of the headlines are. It is of course equally clear to military persons in enemy countries. As a result, we must appear to be blowhards who are long on talk and short on action...
Although it was another generation's children who promised to be good all week if they could see a Chaplin comedy, the bantam tramp with his flapping shoes, battered derby hat, jaunty bamboo cane, absurd black mustache, shabby, defiant clothes, is not dated. The craftsmanship of his effortless performance-the innocent waddle, the peculiar childlike kick, the desperate elegance, the poignant gallantry-is still high comedy...
With characters such as these, it's not hard to figure out what the plot will be, though this one is slightly more absurd than the others. It involves Don Ameche's attempts to get around the British censor, to cable in the greatest story of his career--the invasion of England. In the great climax, just as the invasion is coming off, he finds himself trapped in a cellar with nothing but a beautiful girl, a time-bomb, and a teletype machine. The question is, what shall she do? Shall he lose the girl (who doesn't want...
...afternoon in late May 1940, when the French collapse "was so entire that death itself seemed to us absurd," Pilot Saint-Exupéry, his observer Dutertre and his young gunner were ordered to make a reconnaissance sortie over Arras. They were one of 50 reconnaissance crews in all France. Of the 23 which comprised their group, 17 had already perished. Their chances of survival even on a good day were one in three, and this sortie was an "awkward"' one. The information, even if they brought it back, would be useless, even if it were to reach...