The determination and passion of this group helped change the world: leadership storytelling went from being an absurd idea to being obvious.
But it was very odd to see the reaction of the audience, which seemed to treat the collection of this tax as an absurd idea.
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The latest absurd idea to defend for an ENA graduate is to advocate what financial markets push as a solution for the European crisis while pretending domestically that this is a left wing policy to tackle market pressure on European governments.
In the event that there is a proper banking union in the eurozone, and that the eurozone's crisis subsides - which may seem an absurd idea, but stranger things have happened - international investors would at that point note that the eurozone's banks were in effect insured or guaranteed by the collective resources of all eurozone countries, including mighty Germany.
Lord Strathclyde labelled the idea "absurd", as he responded to a question from Labour peer Lord Campbell-Savours, during question time in the House of Lords on 24 January 2012.
For many years, so-called Chicago School economists thought the idea of tying was absurd.
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My idea does sound a bit absurd, but it is just an extreme and very direct attempt at a solution, because this really is a huge crisis and something drastic does need to be done.
This column is motivated by the idea that things are not becoming absurd fast enough.
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The whole idea of a luxury smartphone seems prima facie absurd, and in my happy, carefree years before encountering Vertu I sneered at it at every opportunity.
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The idea of potentially giving away physical media seems absurd considering the cost associated with releasing music on a format like vinyl, which has become a highly coveted commodity for growing underground bands.
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Finally, the idea that paying a high price would delay rollout seems absurd.
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"The idea that employees can only tweet on pre-defined subjects is absurd, " he said.
The idea that we should have raised the full cost of the project upfront is absurd.
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It wasn't long ago that the idea of using "green" and "city" in the same sentence seemed absurd.
"In a world where 50 percent of the budget of a film actually goes on promotion, as opposed to what you see on screen, the idea that we have a worlds where the consumer can exercise authority and sovereignty is absurd, " said Professor Toby Miller, director of Film and Visual Culture programme at the University of California.
The idea that any of these things is somehow a threat to the world financial order is absurd on its face.
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The idea that you have to be rejected by a New York editor to improve as a writer is absurd.
But these things are all headwinds, and the idea that growth is going to accelerate significantly from here on a top-line basis is somewhat absurd.
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