To any rational outsider, such politicking must seem an absurd way to pick the head of the world's leading international financial institution.

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The determination and passion of this group helped change the world: leadership storytelling went from being an absurd idea to being obvious.

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Vonn, who recently announced she will divorce her husband and longtime coach, Thomas Vonn, skied as though she had not a care in the world, winning her downhill races by an absurd 1.95 seconds Friday and 1.68 seconds Saturday the equivalent of about 40-50 meters.

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Partisan paranoia: Finally, a new poll found that absurd conspiracy theories are sadly alive and well in the USA. These range from the self-evidently absurd (an alien race of lizard people secretly run the world) to old chestnuts like the moon landing was faked.

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For those experiencing some Web whiplash, it might be tempting to compare the Harlem Shake to the last dance craze to go viral around the world: "Gangnam Style, " which stemmed from an absurd and addictive music video starring the South Korean singer Psy.

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The Maya are well-known for their complex calendar system, which some say predicts the end of the world in December 2012 (an interpretation that experts on the civilization call absurd).

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Based on such an absurd prediction, they want us to trust them to reshape our society and govern the world economy.

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