| 单词 | ludicrously |
| 例句 | He flapped after the girls, looking ludicrously batlike, like his older self. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The Rambler pulled in front of him and a small-boned boy leaped out of the car and walked back toward Ben with a ludicrously exaggerated swagger. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z With thirty- one notes per octave, it was ludicrously difficult to play and did not catch on. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And still there had been no proper rehearsal, and the twins could not act, or even speak, and Lola had stolen Briony’s rightful role, and nothing could be managed, and it was hot, ludicrously hot. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z After another ludicrously brief interval it was joined by electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces–the stuff of physics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I looked up through the treetops, ludicrously hopeful. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z They vary somewhat, but most are on an abysmal scale of 1:100,000, which ludicrously compresses every kilometer of real world into a mere centimeter of map. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Never in the history of sports has anything been more ludicrously said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This was more than a little odd, for Hubble’s life was filled from an early age with a level of distinction that was at times almost ludicrously golden. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There were palm trees wrapped with lights, ludicrously over-the-top decorations on shotgun houses, the smells of something deep and unctuous cooking in steamy pots, and block after block of pink and yellow flowers. Modern Love: Modern Love - Building Christmas on Presence, Not Presents 2012-12-20T17:50:57Z If the 1954 version of A Star Is Born is about Hollywood’s tragic underbelly, then the 1976 version is about its ludicrously narcissistic top coat. Female success and male decline: what A Star Is Born tells us about fame, fear and feminism 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z As the ludicrously self-important Zangler, facile Andrew Walker mingles pomposity with a hint of a twinkle. Few sparks in 'On the Razzle' at Theatre West 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z This, however, reeks of simplistic moralizing, is lousy with hackneyed dialogue and filled ludicrously contrived melodrama that only pours out of writers and director who think they understand racism but really, really don’t. 26 films Rotten Tomatoes got 100% wrong 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z After all, Wolf's ripped-from-the-headlines methods are audience catnip, especially ones as ludicrously on the nose as Thursday night's homicide, featuring a celebrity who has much in common with former NBC star Bill Cosby. Why "Law & Order" has returned, even if you didn't ask for it 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Returning home to Los Angeles after more than a decade in New York, Roger seems ludicrously and tragically confined in his own youth. Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis 2010-05-08T18:21:00Z One of the most ludicrously frustrating sequences sees a vaguely-described puzzle force you to wait several long minutes for them to stomp up some stairs and smash a window. Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock – review 2012-06-01T13:33:28Z In one of the most ludicrously harrowing and repellently exuberant scenes ever filmed, the protagonist—an amateur ceramist—finds the killer app for his kiln. Movies 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z The arrival of Johnny Depp as a ludicrously dressed gangster with an entourage of weirdos does nothing to reverse that position. Review: In ‘London Fields,’ Sex, Apocalypse and Writer’s Block 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z It does seem pretty obvious that, with a little publicity and a little advertising, the film would have done much better than the ludicrously low $46,495 it took in domestically. Kenneth Lonergan’s Devastating, Liberating “Manchester by the Sea” 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Bird really shows you how ludicrously gifted Parker was, how his mind worked on a completely different level, but also how much he got lost in self-loathing, and how addiction made everything fall apart. The 30 best films about music, chosen by musicians 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z To the bureaucrats, policymakers and, yes, lobbyists who live here, the Washington of “Miss Sloane” and “House of Cards” is ludicrously overwrought and hyperbolic. At the dawn of the Trump era, cynicism in film has become instantly obsolete 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The watch and clock room features some ludicrously bejewelled pieces of timekeeping. 10 of the best museums in Europe… that you’ve probably never heard of 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z It's ludicrously expensive, filthy and crime ridden, but when you stand on Waterloo Bridge and look up and down the river … it's almost impossible not to have a love-hate relationship with the place. A life in writing: Mark Billingham 2012-08-03T21:55:08Z Banshee is a big action-delivery machine, starting from a ludicrously summer-movie-like chase scene that ends with an overturned truck skidding Michael Bay–style across a Manhattan avenue. TV Tonight: Banshee 2013-01-11T15:56:45Z The kitchen resembles a reality TV set housing two ludicrously incompatible families. ‘We’re never going to bed’: children rewrite the house rules 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Peloton is known for selling its ludicrously expensive bikes, but you don’t have to buy one to stream its classes. This Is Your Brain on Peloton 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z There are a handful of novelists who excel in describing, often from ludicrously comic heights, the Russian-American experience. A Romantic Comedy So Dark It Makes You Cry 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Buried next to the church is David Herbert, who was in many ways the doyen of the foreign eccentrics in Tangier, a man of ludicrously good taste and fierce snobbery. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z Baldwin said it made African-Americans sound “ludicrously false and affected, like antebellum Negroes imitating their masters.” Review: Bad Girl Makes Good in a Glorious ‘Carmen Jones’ 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Maybe it's because his love not just of puns but all kinds of ludicrously contrived wordplay means that he fits neatly with a tradition of humour that's always been popular over here. If you enjoyed those Peter Kay one-liners, they were probably written by Emo Philips 2010-07-09T23:14:00Z And after an, ahem, ludicrously inclusive survey – conversations with friends, or at the hairdressers, tweets, various tube sightings – it seems it isn't just us. Which books are on your summer holiday reading list? 2010-07-22T15:28:00Z Mashing limp romance and artless satire into a ludicrously contrived plot, “The Clapper” lurches from one mirthlessly eccentric scene to another. Review: Finding Unwanted Fame in ‘The Clapper’ 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Almost ludicrously courteous, she’s constantly thanking people and addresses everyone as “dear,” “honey,” “darling.” Television: Facing Age With a Saucy Wink 2011-04-28T18:29:14Z And the night ended with an excruciating segment involving a ludicrously self-absorbed jerk named Xander. ArtsBeat Blog: 'X Factor' Watch: A Bit of Magic Amid the Clunkers 2011-09-23T15:24:47Z There he captured ex-offenders who had been convicted of crimes from the grave to the ludicrously petty. David Goldblatt’s Portraits of Ex-Convicts at the Scenes of Their Crimes 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z But it doesn’t mean you can just airlift his work into 2014 and expect it not to sound ludicrously offensive. Reading Racist Literature 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z But the baseline act of apostasy that Inoue demands of Christians is ludicrously simple: he places them before a small embossed-metal portrait of Jesus and orders them to step on it. Martin Scorsese Tests His Limits in “Silence” 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z And Davies, the principal songwriter, remains ludicrously undervalued. The Kinks: They really got me 2010-12-20T21:59:01Z This allows the witty designer Julian Crouch to come up with a ludicrously extravagant set, which depicts a besieged cityscape frozen in midexplosion. Theater Review: ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ Stars Neil Patrick Harris 2014-04-23T02:00:14Z In the clear light of the morning, Shkreli backtracked a bit on the ludicrously vain offer. Shkreli, Kanye and Trump: a most heinous trinity not worthy of our hatred 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Browne, for those not up on their sartoriana, is the American designer who made a generation of men insecure about their ankles, thanks to suit trousers hemmed ludicrously high. Thom Browne’s Shoes: High Fashion and High Art 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Elsewhere in her back catalogue, her late-90s take on Shout to the Top with Fire Island is ludicrously empowering. Loleatta Holloway: more than a voice 2011-03-22T18:54:13Z “They said that I was only covered for a ludicrously few extreme circumstances. The most laughable one was if the airline canceled my flight,” she says. Perspective | Warning! Travel insurance doesn’t cover this 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Neveu deals in effects rather than causes: Greg's suicidal impulse, for instance, seems ludicrously disproportionate, to either his dwindling bike skills or the prospect of fatherhood. Red Bud ? review 2010-10-26T20:45:00Z The Telegraph called the show “inconsistent but ludicrously addictive.” ‘Bodyguard,’ a Dark Thriller From the BBC, Is Coming to Netflix 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z A play-like trudge through seesawing power dynamics, bursts of violence, perpetual gloom and a ludicrously attenuated finale, “The Apology” could have doubled its tension by halving its running time. ‘The Apology’ Review: Regrets, He’s Had a Few 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Playing out across six ludicrously expensive feature-length episodes that utilise more SFX than ever, this looks set to become the high watermark of everything that television as spectacle can accomplish. Partridge, politics and period pomp: the must-see TV shows of 2019 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Munn himself, who seemingly couldn't care less about how crass his phrasing sounds, has bombed in the ludicrously non-lethal sense of the word. Hitler and the Nazi Cult of Celebrity by Michael Munn ? review 2012-05-17T12:35:57Z They chose Webster's tragedy, he said, "because it is so lusciously epic, so rich in its imagery and with such a ludicrously tragic ending". ENO joins pioneering theatre company for East End opera 2010-03-31T14:40:00Z I suppose I should declare a lack of interest: I find the outrage over MPs' expenses ludicrously disproportionate at a time when bankers and CEOs have been getting away with murder. Stiffed! 2010-04-18T20:30:00Z In a sense, practically speaking, it's ludicrously simple: he places one picture on top of another. Brian Dillon on John Stezaker at the Whitechapel Gallery 2011-01-29T00:06:00Z The jokes veered crazily from the almost dangerously dark and pointed, to the sort of ludicrously banal stuff that has all the side-splitting mirth of a car accident. In-jokes 2010-03-08T06:14:00Z “It was a ludicrously flawed study but they quickly turned Merlot into the Vitamin E of the ’90s.” You had me at Merlot: I forgive you Rex Pickett 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z The cult was also almost ludicrously hierarchical, so that an inner circle of "Faces" held themselves to be very different from mere "Tickets" or "Moddy Boys". Mod: A Very British Style by Richard Weight – review 2013-03-14T10:00:01Z The series started in 2001, essentially died in 2003, and came roaring back to life at the start of Mr. Obama’s first term and is ludicrously yet thankfully on the verge of an eighth installment. Obama Understood the Power of Art. And He Wanted You to Get It, Too. 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Without consulting her, he splurges on a farm mansion in Surrey whose ludicrously large and creepy grounds have little use beyond projecting ultra-conspicuous consumption. ‘The Nest’ Review: New Home, Old Wounds 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z We are all ludicrously excited about the opportunity to work with Christopher Guest. Spinal Tap-style comedy for BBC 2012-08-17T08:58:32Z And my God, he was beautiful – ludicrously so, with hair that fell in his eyes like a teen pin-up. My friend was smart, sweet, off-kilter. Now we’ll never get the chance to make up | Hadley Freeman 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z It is a tale of ludicrously bad fortune that would be unbearable to read without Precious' raw and touching ruminations. Sapphire's 'The Kid': The son of Precious Jones navigates the urban minefield 2011-07-14T21:10:28Z I just want to lose myself in something either intriguing or ludicrously romantic. Roxane Gay: By the Book 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Amy describes her lush neighborhood as a “ludicrously perfect patch” of the world. A Silicon Valley Start-Up Offers Hints of Alternate Lives 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z It doesn't matter how good the acting is, or how impressive the location work, a sinking feeling will inevitably set in if the plot is ludicrously unrealistic. Rewind TV: Zen; Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent; Silent Witness ? TV review 2011-01-09T00:05:37Z There is no one on the water apart from the ludicrously well-built Cuban canoeing team, who look bionic. Cuba libre: exploring the island by campervan 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z It was a bit of a shock to the system after what he described as the “ludicrously arty” and unstructured working style he had with his co-creator Julian Barratt on “The Mighty Boosh.” How Noel Fielding Went From a Hedonist to a Host of ‘The Great British Baking Show’ 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Her inadequately heated apartment is in a rundown neighborhood requiring a ludicrously long commute to the equally dingy neighborhood where she teaches. Elisabeth Moss, Carey Mulligan share a sensibility on separate stages 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Our first encounter arrives in the form of a ludicrously protracted account of Self lurching and trembling his way around London, in an acute state of withdrawal, on a May morning in 1986. Review | In his memoir, Will Self takes his penchant for erratic journeys to the extreme 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z That interaction is of a piece with the entire relationship that will blossom between them, in which she is ludicrously complimentary toward him about, oh, everything. In This Playwright’s Dystopia, Forgetting Is Forbidden 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The deputy culture secretary at Paris city hall made two excellent points today as he pondered the theft of five ludicrously valuable paintings from the French capital's Musee d'Art Moderne. Paris art thief appears more no-frills than thrillseeker 2010-05-20T16:59:00Z Love’s circle intersects with the worst of Hollywood and the most well-meaning, ludicrously open New Agey spirituality in ways that Will barely understands. New year, new "You": Netflix's stalker drama seeks romantic nirvana in a twisted Season 2 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z As director and actor, Mr. Crowe fares better once he splits this ludicrously false scene and switches into action mode, which gathers force as he cuts between Connor’s travels and flashbacks to Gallipoli. Review: In ‘The Water Diviner,’ Russell Crowe Revisits Gallipoli 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z It is crazy in the American Girl store in Manhattan: ludicrously crowded with young girls, shrill and a little terrifying. Hey, Mr. Critic: What?s Crunchy, Sweet and Used to Quack? 2011-06-30T18:57:43Z The plot is so ludicrously twisted that if it were food it wouldn’t be a pretzel; it would be, if you will forgive the culture-hopping, a plate of spaghetti. Lure of telenovelas drives Arena’s ‘Destiny’ 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z But don’t mistake him, as Ms. Giannini did, for his stylistic betters, the gorgeous, irresistible, impeccably tailored and ludicrously vain peacocks of the early Jet Set era, men with names most Americans have never heard. Fashion Review: Review of Men?s Fashion From Milan 2010-06-23T21:42:00Z Its European history is so ludicrously mangled that one almost suspects Mel Brooks and Monty Python's Flying Circus lent a hand. "Robin Hood" drops tights in new extreme makeover 2010-05-10T04:13:00Z Equally fine is Insane, another track on Scru's SoundCloud, on which his ludicrously fast rapping makes a mockery of the concept of "flow". New band of the day: Scrufizzer (No 1,397) 2012-11-15T20:30:01Z The Net Somewhere between ludicrous and ludicrously sublime, "The Net" features Sandra Bullock as the first-ever movie character to have her identity hacked on the Internet. Pervs and thieves on the Internet: A Hollywood history 2011-03-29T22:30:00Z Why we like her: In her series of PieFace paintings, Luskavage's women are painted with their faces covered, ludicrously, in custard pie – but something ferocious seems to lurk beneath. Artist of the week 85: Lisa Yuskavage 2010-04-28T14:29:00Z From another it seems overstretched, ludicrously conjectural, pointlessly elaborate and interesting only as an oddity. The Marlowe Papers by Ros Barber – review 2012-06-15T21:55:03Z At other times, the result is ludicrously arrogant, as when he confides that the pandemic was difficult for good-looking people like himself because of the masks. Four Stand-Up Specials That Punch Above Their Weight 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z It was budgeted at $55m, which is ludicrously little by today’s standards. Pierce Brosnan on GoldenEye: crazy stunts and thigh-crushings from Xenia Onatopp 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Need For Speed: Most Wanted is in essence a fantasy game; the fantasy of racing expensive cars ludicrously fast without fear of injury or legal repercussion. Video Games: Unfinished Swan, Assassin’s Creed and Need for Speed 2012-11-06T22:45:43Z But — without the transparency, attenuation and Muybridge-like staccato that enliven the vitrines — the results read as strained and ludicrously corny, a horror-movie rendition of angst-ridden “New Images of Man” figurative sculpture. Art in Review: David Altmejd 2011-04-07T22:33:49Z So I thought I would share with you an example of how ludicrously inflexible Medicaid really is: an example from Illinois, President Obama’s home state. "Ridiculous" Obama Administration Blocks Modest Medicaid Reforms in Illinois 2011-08-27T16:34:06Z A cruel, selfish, amazingly dressed, ludicrously attractive new era, but still. Six to watch: teen drama 2011-01-27T12:53:00Z It’s an obsessive, ludicrously hefty valentine of a box set to the group’s heyday. Gang of Four changed the way punk sounded and what it could say. A new box set reveals the peak of their power. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Measured on today’s price scale, the Redon was ludicrously cheap, albeit predictably so — subtlety in composition and color balance is not sought after these days. 2010-02-07T05:26:00Z She writhes ludicrously on stage under the weight of a normal ballpoint pen and imagines a conversation between the Bronte sisters in which they bemoan the challenges of writing with a "male" pen. Women have the last laugh at Edinburgh Fringe 2013-08-27T16:07:25Z All this is an expression of the author’s conviction, announced in Book 1, that “our ludicrously inconsequential lives … had a part in this world.” What’s More Appealing: Eight Seasons of ‘Suits’ or Six Volumes of Karl Ove Knausgaard? 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Mind you, I also rather liked the idea of cross snowmen, with gnashing teeth, led by a ludicrously villainous Richard E Grant. Doctor Who and Call the Midwife: Christmas TV turns into a weep-along 2012-12-25T23:00:01Z Sprinting on in red tassels and glittery 1920s headgear, she is so ludicrously charismatic you suspect she couldn't walk to the shops without throwing iconic shapes. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – review 2013-05-05T16:22:00Z The idea is so ludicrously inspired that it seems almost foolproof as the basis for a spectacular sci-fi action comedy. 'Iron Sky': Out-of-this-world Nazi plot lands in chaos 2012-08-23T20:57:07Z Politely entertaining the fiction that Housewives are persons of import, Bravo, in exchange for the women's emotional antics, showcases everything from staged dinner parties to ludicrously trumped-up charity ventures. Bethenny Frankel: From 'Housewives' Star to Thriving Mogul 2011-05-09T10:00:00Z We generally only feature music we like, but sometimes if we feel a band is being ludicrously overhyped we may dip our virtual quill in vitriol. Blog jam: The Von Pip Musical Express 2012-06-18T07:00:00Z This is that rip-off; a shameless and oddly lifeless slasher that sees Perseus hack a swathe through Greek mythology, slaughtering reanimated skeletons and ludicrously sized monsters using equally outlandishly proportioned weapons. This week's new games 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z He argued that these “plot manipulations” were ludicrously implausible but creatively effective. Paul Auster's new novel lacks his usual postmodern fireworks. Thank God for that 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z In a turn of events Mylod dubs “ludicrously lucky,” the first West End stage door upon which he knocked was the grand Theatre Royal Haymarket’s. Frequent 'Succession' director Mark Mylod bonds big when he connects with a project 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z On the other hand, few, she pointed out, questioned whether the men in the submersible wanted help — even though its hull was ludicrously bolted shut from the outside prior to departure, making rescue especially unlikely. The migrant boat disaster and America's endless wars: Why we missed the real story 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Ludicrously entertaining and even more ludicrously titled, “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” doesn’t just rack up the miles in style. Review: Tom Cruise is out to save the movies. Is ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ enough? 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Women wore wildly impractical dresses with sometimes ludicrously tight corsets underneath, the better to serve their social function as ornaments to beautify the household. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Proust had his teaspoons and his madeleines; if I had to elect one sensory item by which to remember my youth, it would have to be a sculptural, ludicrously fragrant splatter of dog waste. What I Learned Dogsitting for New York City’s Opulent Elite 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Some might see this as an active denial of Tori and Lokita’s dramatic agency; still others might accuse the Dardennes, ludicrously, of exploiting their characters in the name of art. Review: Suspenseful and wrenching, 'Tori and Lokita' is the Dardenne brothers' best in years 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z How, you might well ask, could the nation's most influential and celebrated newsroom bring forth something so laughably, ludicrously wrong? The myth of "liberal" news 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z The past few seasons have not lived up to the ludicrously high standards he set early in his career. Perspective | Syracuse owed Jim Boeheim the right to choose his own ending 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z After I and other critics pointed out the ludicrously weak underpinning of its article, ProPublica issued a wan correction. Column: Despite latest reports, there's still not a speck of evidence that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z While the idea that a woman has a "prime" — as CNN anchor Don Lemon ludicrously suggested recently— is patently absurd, ageist and sexist, the biological deck is nevertheless undeniably stacked differently. More people over 45 are getting pregnant — and abortion laws aren't ready for the complications 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, many felt the obsession with Mr. Clinton’s sex life and legal misconduct had been ludicrously misdirected. 25 Years Later, Looking for Lessons in the Clinton Scandal 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z But as soon as you see it applied to speech on your own side, you recognize that it is ludicrously unworkable. Opinion | No, conservative commentators aren’t responsible for mass shootings 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Rather they were blunders driven by ludicrously poor and possibly partisan judicial reasoning. Column: Whew — the 11th Circuit slapped back at Trump's specious claim to the Mar-a-Lago documents 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Having tried advertising "which I loathed even though the pay was ludicrously huge", and magazines, he moved on to children's books which he soon grew to love. Obituary: Raymond Briggs 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z West Ham United moved into the newly renamed London Stadium in 2016, not long after it had emerged the club was paying £2.5m a year in rent, a figure described as "ludicrously generous". Boris Johnson: Did his time as London mayor foreshadow his demise? 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The finery he breaks out when Edgar returns at the end to challenge Edmund to a duel is so ludicrously foppish I wondered if a young Liberace might have been the design inspiration. Review: In striving to be modern, the Wallis makes a mockery of 'King Lear' 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z “Of course, I deny them, I deny them all, they are ludicrously absurd,” he told the Times in February. Golden Globes member alleges he was victim of racism, abuse at Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z And its ludicrously pink strawberry icing, which drips down the sides of the cake, exuberantly echoes the rosebuds on my teapot — the true centerpiece of my afternoons. This Cake Gives You a Moment of Warmth in the Middle of the Day 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z “People have liked Rishi despite the fact that he’s ludicrously, fabulously wealthy,” said Jill Rutter, a former Treasury Department official who is now a researcher at U.K. in a Changing Europe, a think tank. Popular British Politician Falls From Grace Over Tax Scandal 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Still, just because that kind of boasting sounds ludicrously wide of the mark after six weeks of war, it doesn't mean that Ukraine is starting to plan any victory parades. Ukraine war: Kyiv's successes do not mean imminent victory 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Boris Johnson has completely caved to his own backbenchers and now, ludicrously, his own energy strategy has failed on the sprint we needed on onshore wind and solar, the cheapest, cleanest forms of homegrown power. Energy strategy: UK plans new nuclear reactors to boost production 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The word "phthalate" is ludicrously difficult to spell for something that is absolutely ubiquitous. A plastic chemical you can't escape is linked to cancer in children 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z From the start, critics said rightly that it would be ineffective and ludicrously costly. Column: Is 'pregnable' a word? If so, that’s what Trump’s border wall is 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z At the time, there wasn’t really another option for people who wanted a larger desktop screen that wasn’t the ludicrously expensive Pro XDR Display. The 27-inch iMac has been discontinued 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z “Of course, I deny them, I deny them all, they are ludicrously absurd,” he told the Times. Golden Globes group investigating member over sexual misconduct claims 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Many young people spent their teens and early twenties dreaming of serving the nation through obtaining jobs in government service that have become ludicrously difficult to secure. Budget 2022: India's job crisis leading to a 'nowhere generation' 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Price had served a ludicrously short 4 1/2 years in prison, and he was living comfortably back in his hometown with his wife and son. Column: Here’s what happens next for unsolved 'cold case' killings from the civil rights era 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z There’s something fantastical yet ludicrously familiar about the notion of a night with a stranger that could end with either a kiss or a kill. Analysis | Jane Campion’s masterful ‘Power of the Dog’ had a fascinating and much maligned precursor 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z It’s so ludicrously impersonal it makes me smile all the way to the recycling bin. Rant & Rave: Halloween is next week. Seattleites are already setting up Christmas decorations 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z The Trump administration had abdicated responsibility to help distribute coronavirus tests and other equipment, and officials pushed ludicrously pollyannaish forecasts about death tolls. Opinion | A new problem for Democrats: Americans suddenly want smaller government after all 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z A few weeks later, a legal scholar wrote that it was time to lengthen the ludicrously short two-year terms that members of the House of Representatives serve under the Constitution. Column: America's democracy seems to need radical changes. But what are the chances, really? 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “It just won’t be a ludicrously profitable company like it is today.” Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen tells lawmakers that meaningful reform is necessary ‘for our common good’ 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z “A lot of the changes that I’m talking about are not going to make Facebook an unprofitable company, it just won’t be a ludicrously profitable company like it is today,” she said. Facebook whistleblower testifies: Five highlights 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z But Hague was said to have resigned to avoid taking a vaccine for covid-19, ludicrously claiming that it signified a “Marxist takeover of the military and the United States government.” Opinion | Milley acted to prevent Trump from creating a disaster. But don’t expect future generals to save us. 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z But this is a ludicrously broad reading that would effectively allow the federal government to override any state policy that affects the education system in any way, since few policies affect each racial group identically. Opinion | Civil rights law is the wrong weapon for fighting bans of masks in schools 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Fast-forward to today, as former Trump officials ludicrously fearmonger that Afghans who assisted U.S. troops are dangerous and claim that efforts to rescue them are an extension of Biden’s “self-destructive open border policies.” Opinion | Biden shouldn’t cave to the bigots on evacuating our Afghan allies 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The first commercially available folding phones emerged in 2019, and in addition to being ludicrously expensive — think $2,000 — they also felt so experimental that few of us bought into the idea. Perspective | Samsung’s new foldable phones come with a price cut, but they’ll still cost you at least $1,000 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z This is Fougères, the ludicrously picturesque Brittany town where today’s stage ends. Tour de France 2021: riders protest during stage four – live! 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Carson, examining the prosecution theory, regarded it as ludicrously weak. Allegations of a wild murder conspiracy involving CHP officers, lawyer, wife, daughter 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z He looks ludicrously relaxed, smiling at the camera, riding along happily as if he’s on a Sunday club ride. Tour de France 2021: stage one – live updates! 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Please, can Dortmund just accept the bid, and bring this ludicrously protracted saga to a close? Euro 2020: England v Scotland reaction and Portugal v Germany buildup – live! 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z Yet don’t be surprised if one day you find yourself sharing a ludicrously expensive bag of Swedish Fish with a friend between acts of a Young Jean Lee play. Cut the intermission, please. Why I hope the pandemic ends a theatrical tradition 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The EQS’s map was ludicrously detailed, with the 3D option especially beautiful. The 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS is a declaration of maximum electric luxury 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z So naturally, the comic actor known for silly walks is now selling a ludicrously expensive NFT of his own: a Vonnegut-esque drawing of the Brooklyn Bridge made on an iPad Pro. John Cleese has an NFT bridge to sell you for $69.3 million 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z The ludicrously inferior weight room these women were provided at their bubble site in San Antonio, a single rack of weights and a couple of yoga mats? Perspective | NCAA’s message to women’s basketball players: You’re worth less 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z In my own institute, where there is no such rule, the government claimed, somewhat ludicrously, that signing the statement amounted to participation in “active politics.” Scientists Weigh In on India’s Citizenship Debate 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z Capitol — a white-supremacist uprising that some have ludicrously compared to recent Black Lives Matter protests. Review: The superb documentary 'MLK/FBI' clearly connects the past to our troubling present 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Opting not to use a gallery, Smith listed each of her works on Facebook for the ludicrously low price of $100. The Painter Subverting Art-World Economics, $100 at a Time 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z “It is ludicrously popular over there,” he told The Times of London. Geoffrey Palmer, Judi Dench’s Sitcom Co-Star, Is Dead at 93 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z A supremely gifted individual who was also all about the team - not winning a World Cup with his band of ludicrously good Dutch brothers in the 1970s may be the only blot on his copybook. Pele at 80: Where does he rank among the GOATs? 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z “It’s ludicrously hard to try and do,” the British model and actress told Us Weekly earlier this month. Elizabeth Hurley snuggles up in window sill as she takes a break from filming: ‘Cold weather is coming’ 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z In a season of weird and wonderful results, they set the bar ludicrously high by beating Liverpool 7-2, a scoreline that still beggars belief. Leicester City v Aston Villa: Premier League – live! 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z VAR apparently did not check for a possible red card offence and Pickford was ludicrously spared punishment. Liverpool denied by Everton and VAR in wild Merseyside derby draw 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z But such coverage was ludicrously expensive, often pricing those customers out of the system entirely or forcing them into medical bankruptcy. Why the Democrats must fight to stop Barrett: With her on the court, the ACA is toast 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z What California really needs is a complete overhaul of its ludicrously outdated tax system. California's tax system needs to be overhauled. Making changes to Proposition 13 won't do it 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z The three-time champions of England, back in the big time after a ludicrously long hiatus, have immediately made their presence felt on the top division again. Leeds v Manchester City: Premier League – live! 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z “It’s ludicrously hard to try and do,” the British model and actress told Us Weekly on Thursday. Elizabeth Hurley reflects on being a working mom: ‘It’s ludicrously hard to try and do’ 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z He may be ludicrously un-self-aware, but even he sensed that his tango with Woodward would end badly. Opinion | All the President’s Insecurities 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z He was understandably irate about Trump’s threats to defund New York and other cities that the president ludicrously accuses of harboring “anarchists.” Opinion | Democratic gaffes are gifts to Trump 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Russian doctors who initially treated him denied any sign of poisoning, suggesting — ludicrously, critics said — a metabolic disorder such as low blood sugar. Novichok nerve agent used against Russian dissident has dark history 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z For Pinduoduo’s fans, the process of stumbling across strange new products, at ludicrously low prices, is a big part of the experience. Why Does Walmart Want TikTok? Looking to China May Explain 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z His trial was a sham, with ludicrously concocted evidence. Opinion | Putin takes an American hostage. Trump seems fine with that. 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Even with these advantages, Trump still underdelivered on his promises of ludicrously high growth. Opinion | Trump is running on the economy without a plan to rebuild it 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z It is the lie at the heart of the Republican governing philosophy that causes all of these ludicrously insufficient responses to an existential crisis. 'Here's a bedsheet, make a parachute!' Republicans say, pushing us out of a plane | Hamilton Nolan 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Critics of qualified immunity say the high court’s guidance has created a ludicrously narrow standard. Special Report: For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z At the end of which Uefa has ended up bringing us this ludicrously distended version, with matches staged 3,200 miles apart, and one quarter-final due to take place at a point east of Riyadh. Cursed Euro 2020 might just give us what we need next year | Barney Ronay 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z In 1983 he directed Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, in which he made, perhaps, his most disgusting appearance, as Mr Creosote, a ludicrously obese diner, who is served dishes while vomiting repeatedly. Terry Jones obituary 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Bath & Body Works has become “a ludicrously powerful brand” by constantly assessing — and reassessing — every part of its business, he told investors in September. Just about every store at the mall is struggling. Then there’s Bath & Body Works. 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Bath & Body Works became “a ludicrously powerful brand” by constantly assessing — and reassessing — every part of its business, he told investors in September. Nearly every mall store is struggling. Then there’s Bath & Body Works, with 40 quarters of growth. 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z It was ludicrously ambitious and some matches finished closer to breakfast the following morning than the last train home at night. Rafael Nadal says tennis has room for only one team competition 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Sometimes, that means a ludicrously large and expensive television or, in some cases, a modular gaming PC. The best tech of CES 2019: what happened next? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Whatever epithet you choose, you have to admit that Flappy Bird was a work of art: a game so ludicrously simple and perversely difficult that it operated less as entertainment and more as spiritual provocation. The 84 biggest flops, fails, and dead dreams of the decade in tech 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z But “Cats” was initially seen as a ludicrously risky endeavor. Commentary: The movie is a wreck, the musical is a joke. Why, then, will we always have 'Cats'? 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z An academic fraud scandal - epitomized by a ludicrously easy class taught by the coach’s son - brought down Harrick and left the Bulldogs reeling on a rebuilding path that largely continues to this day. ‘Ant-Man’ takes on challenge: Make hoops relevant at Georgia 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z An academic fraud scandal — epitomized by a ludicrously easy class taught by the coach’s son — brought down Harrick and left the Bulldogs reeling on a rebuilding path that largely continues to this day. ‘Ant-Man’ takes on challenge: Make hoops relevant at Georgia 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The unvarnished look of “Heaven Knows What,” which makes most other films about homeless characters seem ludicrously contrived, can obscure the brothers’ sophisticated approach. The Safdie Brothers’ Full-Immersion Filmmaking 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z In what New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait described as a “deranged, quasi-legal rant,” Cipollone ludicrously said the House inquiry “lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation.” Opinion | Trump’s conviction in the Senate is unlikely — but possible 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Now the industry is being set what many players think is a ludicrously ambitious new target. Full fibre - Hull shows the way 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z He’s a weak and feeble man who, despite his ludicrously exaggerated bragging, isn’t anywhere close to being as popular, mighty or smart as he insists over and over and over again. What sleazy deal did Trump make with Erdogan? We don't know — but the mind reels 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Now we are on the subject of French rugby - this, from Bayonne yesterday, is ludicrously good: France v Tonga: Rugby World Cup 2019 – live! 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z So he began his solemn day of visiting the victims by attacking the New York Times for changing its ludicrously gullible headline about his Monday statement. Trump could renounce white nationalism – but he can't pretend he cares 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z In case you’re just joining us, this particular series of unfortunate events began with the aforementioned controversial ruling handed down by Judge Reed O’Connor, ludicrously striking down the entire Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional. Trump's attack on Obamacare goes critical: Surprisingly, it's built on enormous lies 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Freshman Twitter and Instagram sensation Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, set social media on fire this week by ludicrously claiming that the Trump administration is running “concentration camps” on the southern border. Nancy Pelosi prefers border chaos 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Displaying writing barely apt for an outdated sitcom, ludicrously trite dialogue, prosaic execution and overacting galore, this pseudo-romantic all-nighter unsuccessfully attempts to wax poetic in regards to second chances, Catholic guilt and personal reinvention. Reviews: Jim Gaffigan doubles up in ‘Being Frank’; Jack Quaid is ‘Plus One’; and more 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Famously hopeless till it matters, their ludicrously bad fielding during the whitewash by England means only one thing: they’ve got something up their sleeve. Cricket World Cup 2019: Guardian writers’ predictions 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Johnson had just birdied the almost ludicrously tough 15th hole for the fourth straight day, a feat only a little bit shy of acing an ordinary par-3 four days in a row. Fellow tour pros beware: How Brooks Koepka won at Bethpage on Sunday will only make him become more difficult to beat in the future - Golf Digest 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z As his recurring “Oldest Man” character, Mr. Conway was variously a butcher, an orchestra conductor, a doctor and a fireman — each with ludicrously slow motor skills and a mop of Einstein-like white hair. Tim Conway, uninhibited crack-up artist on ‘The Carol Burnett Show,’ dies at 85 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z SB: With no real insurgent minnow this year, it has to be one of the ludicrously amazing top two. Premier League 2018-19 season review: our writers’ best and worst 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z "We receive the LHA for a one-bed property, which is ludicrously out of line with the true cost of private rents," she said. Cuts 'have made renting unaffordable' 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z If the remark is not tongue-in-cheek – and it appears not to be – then it is ludicrously self-effacing. Son Heung-min: ‘My father says I shouldn’t marry until I retire and I agree’ 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z We’re living through a veritable renaissance of ludicrously fast cars that none of us will ever drive, let alone afford. Aston Martin’s new hypercar makes you use your smartphone as the display 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Using sourdough with steak creates a ludicrously substantial sandwich. How to eat: a steak sandwich 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z In the first week of June 1947, however, Mountbatten suddenly proclaimed that the transfer of power would happen on Aug. 15, 1947 — a “ludicrously early date,” as he himself blurted out. Opinion | The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Think of the bright elastic throats of anole lizards, the Fabergé abdomens of peacock spiders and the curling, iridescent, ludicrously long feathers of birds-of-paradise. How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z For a musical with all the depth of a spread in Us Weekly, “The Cher Show,” running nearly 2½ hours, seems ludicrously long. Review: 'The Cher Show,' a Broadway musical that hardcore fans can 'Believe' in 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z If you’re thinking that filming this would be ludicrously expensive, well, so did Hollywood producers. The best Blade Runner anime would have nothing to do with Blade Runner 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Bill Mitchell, the right-wing host of YourVoice Radio, is widely ridiculed by liberals on social media as one of Trump's most ludicrously sycophantic supporters. Inside the right’s craziest reactions to Democrats regaining control of the House of Representa... 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z He entered Oberlin College in Ohio aspiring to write short stories but had ludicrously bad luck getting any published, even while serving as an editor of a campus literary magazine. William Goldman, Oscar-winning screenwriter of ‘Butch Cassidy’ and ‘All the President’s Men,’ dies at 87 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z When I wasn’t raising an eyebrow at something ludicrously obvious, I was smiling. Review: In 'Native Gardens,' bad fences make for a fun, formulaic comedy about bickering neighbors 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Oestrogen is more powerful and more wide-ranging than is assumed, and its removal or diminishment brings effects ludicrously understated by “the change”. ‘It feels impossible to beat’: how I was floored by menopause 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Local reviews were withering, studded with such shuddering descriptors as “embarrassing,” “discombobulated mess,” “ludicrously infantilizing and tedious” and “disaster.” A to-do list for MOCA's new director, Klaus Biesenbach 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z If a similar trick were to be attempted with current football teams, Guardiola’s City side could be perfectly represented by Smooth Operator’s opening saxophone solo: classy, seductive, technically flawless, wildly popular, ludicrously successful. Maestro Pep Guardiola gets a sweet tune from his smooth operators | Simon Burnton 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Many British outlets ran ludicrously overegged coverage of the potential for hooliganism. Will the World Cup finally change how Russia is portrayed? | Shaun Walker 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z These ludicrously formidable defences are not really intended to be used, but instead – like the bright colouring of a poisonous tree frog – they exist to warn you off attacking in the first place. Nevis: how the world’s most secretive offshore haven refuses to clean up 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z He channeled Trump’s ludicrously grandiose articulation of his mission. Opinion | Scott Pruitt, Gone but Not Forgotten 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z He ludicrously used that excuse to hit Canada. Republicans finally turn on Trump — at least on the trade war — but still won’t confront him 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z I see a system that will financially devastate anyone without insurance because the list prices are so ludicrously high — no small thing considering that more than 12% of the U.S. population is uninsured. 50,000% markup for a shot makes case for single-payer healthcare system 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Without fridges, we would not be able to keep bodies for the ludicrously long periods we currently do. Why Ghanaians are so slow to bury their dead 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The broader administration is ludicrously claiming that Israel acted with “restraint.” Opinion | Trump, Jerusalem and the ‘no consequences’ presidency 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z He became the first major-party presidential candidate in four decades not to release his tax returns, ludicrously blaming a continuous audit. Opinion | Americans, it’s time for some extreme vetting 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z University of Manchester political science professor Rob Ford says timeframe is “ludicrously short.” 1 year to Brexit: So much to do, so little time for both 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z A big group like theirs, handing out gifts of cash to local Bedouins and camping in ostentatious luxury, was ludicrously easy pickings for a Shiite militia. Kidnapped Royalty Become Pawns in Iran’s Deadly Plot 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z The US healthcare system is one which is bloated, ludicrously expensive, ruinous to many of its citizens, and leaves tens of millions of them totally unprotected against sickness or injury. Here’s what Americans need to know about the UK’s health system | James Ball 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z A heathen like Trump pushes support for religious suppression on campus and then ludicrously calls it freedom! Republicans Stuff Education Bill With Conservative Social Agenda 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Sugar producers are ludicrously protected in the name of “food security.” Opinion | When protectionism is not about protecting America at all 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z It’s so ludicrously big that I could rehash the different ways to measure it over and over again until my flight out of Las Vegas on Saturday. Riding in Byton’s far-out concept SUV is like being in first class 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Instead, the argument ludicrously boils down to "Mueller's appointment wasn't political enough." Paul Manafort Sues Mueller and Asks a Judge to Narrow the Russia Investigation 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z That price tag gets you an almost ludicrously powerful Pixelbook, though. Google’s most powerful Pixelbook is now available for a mere $1,549 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Many British observers agree that the deal is ludicrously favourable to EDF – “a dreadful deal, laughable” says Prof Steve Thomas, who works on energy policy at the University of Greenwich. Hinkley Point: the ‘dreadful deal’ behind the world’s most expensive power plant 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z From April to July, activities are ludicrously circumscribed: two weeks of weights only, three weeks of individual drills, four weeks of highly limited no-contact practices. Perspective | Tom Savage needed better protection — before and after he got knocked out 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Despite his fuzzy head, he seems ludicrously happy. Jake Shears: ‘I just found out I’m related to Dolly Parton!’ 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z It’s an almost ludicrously self-indulgent way of interpreting gradations of hyperaffluence, but I could also see Lee’s point. The Culture Caught Up With Spike Lee — Now What? 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Rather ludicrously it has been more than half a decade since the release of Rita’s debut album, Ora. Rita Ora on breakups and burnout: ‘There were helicopters. I woke up in hospital’ 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z We use the term “consideration” lightly, since no mortal can possibly digest the final versions of all those bills flying through each house in that ludicrously hectic final week. California Editorial Rdp 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z He claimed, ludicrously, that he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton only because millions of undocumented immigrants voted for her. Analysis | The Daily 202: DACA decision highlights chasm between Trump’s compassionate rhetoric and reality 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z An absolute steal at £5.3m, his ludicrously low buyout clause. From Bonucci to Kolasinac: 16 excellent signings in an inflated transfer market 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, some of the most notorious Republican voter suppressors will be sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence for the White House’s ludicrously named Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Trump has a who’s who of vote suppressors working to keep the GOP in majority in 2018 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z The black, round-faced watch is large, but not ludicrously so, and rather handsome. Your body is a big battery and scientists want to power gadgets with it 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z The action sequences are huge, the soundtrack is awesome, and the people are ludicrously good looking. Baywatch: Amazing or awful? - BBC News 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z The whole Premier League trophy presentation ceremony is ludicrously overblown anyway and, by going off when he did, it meant the focus at the final whistle was more on the team, less on JT. John Terry’s 26th-minute guard of honour send-off at Chelsea: fair or farce? 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Trump is the most unpatriotically reckless, most flamboyantly ignorant, most ludicrously incompetent of them all. Bragging about our intel to Russia? Trump is too needy to be president | Richard Wolffe 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Needless to say, this was a ludicrously lame tactic. Why did Trump fire Comey? It’s a frantic effort to sidetrack us — and it won’t work 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Especially from Ronaldo: he has set the bar so ludicrously high for so long it is easy to fall short. Cristiano Ronaldo has done so much for Real Madrid – so why do some fans whistle him? | Sid Lowe 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z But his offering today was particularly wonderful, even by his ludicrously high standards. Leicester City 1-1 Atlético Madrid (agg 1-2): Champions League quarter-final – as it happened 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Davis, on the other hand, reminds me more of my cat, a ludicrously gorgeous creature who seems to take as much pleasure from its beauty as any admirer ever could. Geena Davis: ‘Thelma & Louise changed everything for me’ 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Warner Bros brought us the excellent Armored edition of Batman Arkham City, but also the ludicrously overlooked Lego City Undercover, a hilarious Grand Theft Auto pastiche, which is now rightfully being remade for current consoles. RIP Wii U: Nintendo's glorious, quirky failure 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z This is the same man, after all, who ludicrously proposed that Mosul could and should be captured from Isis in a surprise attack. On Nato, Donald Trump needs a history lesson | Benjamin Haas 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Post stories about those on the lists, showing the responsibility of coverage holes and ludicrously high out of pocket costs. House Clears Path for Repeal of Health Law 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z A moment’s “genius”, Bruno called it; Messi’s free kick was ludicrously accurate, ridiculously fast, clearing the cobwebs off post and bar as it ripped into the net. Gerard Piqué points finger as Villarreal push title out of Barcelona’s hands 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z There are no special rules in England, as Guardiola rather ludicrously suggested. Pep Guardiola’s winter of discontent is nothing new in Premier League circus | Paul Wilson 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z This was a frantic, energetic, end-to-end contest that was both highly tactical and ludicrously open. How Antonio Conte beat Pep Guardiola in the battle of three-man defences | Michael Cox 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z It fell to Piers Morgan of Mail Online, as it often does, to put the case most stridently: “The NYT’s ludicrously biased anti-Trump barrage of bile helped him get elected.” Trump v the media: did his tactics mortally wound the fourth estate? 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z “Maybe it was because it was so ludicrously provable a lie,” he wrote: “Don’t boo, vote”: This election could be democracy’s last stop 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z “It was ludicrously self-important and it was only going to breed resentment.” ‘Flattened by the cocaine panzers’ – the toxic legacy of Oasis’s Be Here Now 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The band say they hope it will stop tickets changing hands for "ludicrously inflated" prices on resale websites. Iron Maiden go to war with ticket touts - BBC News 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The Greenland shark is a ludicrously late bloomer. Meet the Greenland Shark. It Could Be the Longest-Living Vertebrate. 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The latest spate of news articles ludicrously pointed the finger at Henri Barkey, director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. In Turkey and elsewhere, strongmen blame foreign ‘enemies’ for their own troubles 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Ford trades at a ludicrously low 7 times next year's earnings estimates and a price/earnings-to-growth ratio of less than 0.7, further indicating a value. 5 Big Stocks Reporting Earnings This Week: AAPL AMZN F FB GOOGL 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z But for Trump’s campaign, this is so ludicrously petty that it deserves special attention, even in an already absurd election season. Donald Trump’s #Frozen tweet is the unholy child of electoral politics and internet arguments 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z These days, American Presidential campaigns are ludicrously long, ludicrously bloated, and ludicrously costly—but the basic principles haven’t changed in decades. Donald Trump’s Problem Isn’t Corey Lewandowski. It’s Donald Trump 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z One of the great major championship performances was ludicrously overshadowed by a rules controversy that ultimately reduced the margin of Dustin Johnson's US Open victory from four shots to three. US Open: 'Dustin Johnson farce should never happen again' 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z The release of a draft on May 6, with the proposed Statehood Commission adoption on June 24, spans just seven weeks, a ludicrously short time to consider and adopt a constitution. This is no way to draft a constitution 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z "It's usually said in an earnest tone. "In most cases it's a ludicrously high standard for cooperation and doesn't account for what makes a relationship special. UK state school pupils for US Ivy League - BBC News 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z This by now familiar and ludicrously inadequate benchmarking methodology ignores the incidence of crime. How Chicago’s Streets Became the Wild West 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z The ludicrously long and shaggy beards on “Duck Dynasty,” meant to stave off any association with the dreaded feminine with a thicket of hair. Overcompensation Nation: It’s time to admit that toxic masculinity drives gun violence 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Is it because mass incarceration, the main repressive tactic used against black people in America, is ludicrously expensive and also losing political support among both Republicans and Democrats? Donald Trump may have saved his ire for others, but black people aren't fooled | Rebecca Carroll 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z As in the ludicrously long odds — 5,000-1 — placed on the Foxes before the season. Leicester City’s astounding Premier League win a huge loss for British bookmakers 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z The minarets of the Old Bazaar are screened off by ludicrously tall monuments; the international, modern buildings of the socialist era are given mock-classical dressings. Story of cities #31: Skopje plans for the future by fixating on its ancient past 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Which party is calling climate change a hoax, referring to themselves ludicrously as skeptics. Liberal Biases, Too, May Block Progress on Climate Change 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Choosing the 10 best songs by the most ludicrously prolific – and riotously diverse – artist of the rock’n’roll era seems on the face to it to be flatly absurd. Prince: his 10 greatest songs from Head to Cream (and Purple Rain in between) 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The generals’ estimates of the death toll may be ludicrously understated, but at least they open the way for a discussion about the real numbers. Open wounds 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z He’s been wayward this week by his own ludicrously high standards, a few exquisite approaches apart. The Masters 2016: final round – live! 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Atlético in full-blown defensive mode must be ludicrously frustrating to play against, and that kind of shot is more a symptom than a potential cure. Barcelona 2-1 Atlético Madrid: Champions League quarter-final – as it happened 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Last ball of the over is ludicrously good from Maxwell, a drive over wide long-off for a massive six. Pakistan v Australia: World Twenty20 – live! 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z There were the piers and beaches, the outdoor dancing stages and the music halls, ludicrously extravagant Moorish and Indian follies where entertainers from Laurel and Hardy to Frank Sinatra delighted the crowds. A coastal town they forgot to close down 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z But everyone was playing nice so they let him preen ludicrously about his non-existent talent for governance. A truly bone-chilling GOP debate: Why the most sedate one yet was also the scariest 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z He’s been wayward this week by his own ludicrously high standards, a few exquisite approaches apart. The Masters 2016: final round – live! 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Atlético in full-blown defensive mode must be ludicrously frustrating to play against, and that kind of shot is more a symptom than a potential cure. Barcelona 2-1 Atlético Madrid: Champions League quarter-final – as it happened 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Last ball of the over is ludicrously good from Maxwell, a drive over wide long-off for a massive six. Pakistan v Australia: World Twenty20 – live! 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Certain segments of the app economy remain vibrant — ludicrously profitable, even. Life and death in the App Store 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Should Trump match his poll numbers and win in a blowout, last week’s chatter among some conservatives about his campaign imploding will seem ludicrously premature. Opinion Polls Matter—Even When They’re Wrong 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z This was perhaps most ludicrously illustrated when the New York Times reported that the U.S. military would “commit up to 3,000 troops to fight Ebola in Africa.” Endless war will destroy us all: The U.S. military is the imperial hammer that sees every problem as a nail 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Similarly it’s good that there is an annual awards event to select the best films, even if the Oscars process leaves much to be desired and the event itself is ludicrously overhyped. Here’s a US import Britain should ban – and it’s not Donald Trump | Martin Kettle 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Some media commentators abandoned the need for justified critical analysis and resorted to Belgium bashing, quoting often ludicrously faulty information and using labels like "failed state". Paris attacks: Is bashing Belgium justified? - BBC News 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z It was ludicrously overdramatic, but also perhaps fitting for a player called Arias to act like a diva. Champions League review: Barcelona unstoppable, Manchester United unremarkable 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z As yet, though, no one has seen a wave in action by catching the expansion and contraction of space that should be seen as one goes by, because the effects involved are ludicrously small. The most beautiful theory 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z But today, apparatchiks who market in this ludicrously revisionist claim ought to be treated with a similar degree of scorn and incredulity as the claim itself. The GOP’s deadly, broken history: Why last week’s Paris attacks prove yet again that George W. Bush didn’t “keep us safe” 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z There was also the concession of a ludicrously soft late goal, Rooney finally hitting the mark after some terribly slack Celtic defending. Celtic 3-1 Aberdeen 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z As a result, federal candidates face a grueling fundraising treadmill in which they must constantly raise massive amounts of money in ludicrously small increments. Our Campaign Finance Frankenstein 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z A U.N. photo of the General Assembly meeting illustrates just how ludicrously disproportionate the vote was: Rogue state: For 24th year, U.S. defies 99 percent of world, voting against ending Cuba embargo 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z BST12:44 14 min: The ludicrously impressive Bellerin finds yet more space down the right, and his whipped ball inside is hacked out of play by Stones for a corner. Arsenal v Everton: Premier League – as it happened 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z It was ludicrously fun with just the two of us on the pitch. The growing appeal of bubble soccer: 'One tap and you go flying' 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Buttler sees it coming and tries to get in position to effect a ludicrously amazing catch, but it goes well over his right shoulder. Pakistan v England: first Test, day one – as it happened 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Pool C looks ludicrously easy for them and today’s match against Argentina is, by far and away, the toughest they’ll play over the next month or so. New Zealand v Argentina: Rugby World Cup 2015 – as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Also a spectacular bubble in global debt markets, pumped up since 2008 by official interest rates being ludicrously lower than long-term norms, will remain dangerously and highly pressurised. Fed's Chinese reason for delaying rate rise - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z And back to Bubba, who blasts a ludicrously long drive down the final hole. 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational: final round, as it happened 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z “We can’t let the bar sink to that ludicrously low level,” he said. Britain’s Cameron outlines strategy to fight Islamist extremism 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Buttler sees it coming and tries to get in position to effect a ludicrously amazing catch, but it goes well over his right shoulder. Pakistan v England: first Test, day one – as it happened 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Pool C looks ludicrously easy for them and today’s match against Argentina is, by far and away, the toughest they’ll play over the next month or so. New Zealand v Argentina: Rugby World Cup 2015 – as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Cool toys produced in ludicrously meager quantities—it must be Comic-Con season. The Sadistic Economics of Comic-Con's Exclusive Toys 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z And back to Bubba, who blasts a ludicrously long drive down the final hole. 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational: final round, as it happened 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z The row was ludicrously described as “a cheat storm”, and soon blew over. Andy Murray has the smart weapons to counter Karlovic’s Wimbledon bombs 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Unlike most of the text’s comedy – which is derived from the ludicrously unfamiliar practices of the past – the account of the coffee house gets a laugh because it is still so recognisable. Don’t scoff at hipster coffee shops. They’ve been around for 300 years | Adam J Smith 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Greek businessmen tell me it is hard enough - and ludicrously expensive - for them to finance investment and exports right now. Why bankers believe Greece will do a deal with its creditors - BBC News 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the two of them will fight it out for the White House, while the nation’s wealthiest influencers will back their ludicrously expensive gambit. Wall Street is all in for Jeb! Enron, Goldman Sachs and the forgotten Bush legacy 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z In effect, private creditors saw no difference in risk between sovereign credits and were lending to all countries at ludicrously low rates regardless of government balances, default possibilities, political or redenomination risks. Greek deal or not, the euro is now a different beast 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z One e-mail exchange, in which Brady complained that some game balls against the New York Jets were ludicrously overinflated. As Brady appeal nears, Roger Goodell is stuck in a corner of his own creation 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s not clever or funny but, as only babies and the over-40s truly understand, it is stupidly, ludicrously fun. Andrew Lloyd Webber is for middle-aged people and babies. I think I love him | Emma Brockes 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z As a ludicrously young, new MP at the SDP conference in Buxton he was the centre of any circle he joined. Memories of Charles Kennedy from the BBC's John Pienaar - BBC News 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z It is a nude that is ludicrously posed, making it all the more carnally real. Sorry, Facebook, but the finest art is always about sex and death | Jonathan Jones 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Because these women, even when obviously performing in promotional material for profit, look so ludicrously at home with one another. Why I'm (reluctantly) loving the Feeling Myself video 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z It’s cool, it’s exciting, and it’s ludicrously optimistic. Physics be damned, we can’t stop obsessing over NASA’s ‘impossible engine' 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Where does boxing, a sport that makes a few fighters ludicrously rich while barely entering the cultural conversation for the rest of the year, go from here? Mayweather-Pacquiao Is a $300 Million Bout Not Worth Much for Boxing 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Maccagnan checked with the five teams ahead of the Jets and gauged the cost — ludicrously exorbitant, or merely exorbitant — to move up. Jets Surprisingly Select a Defensive Lineman, Leonard Williams, With Their Top Pick 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z So begins a fairy-tale romance that can be delightfully preposterous but also ludicrously flimsy. ‘The Age of Adaline’ movie review 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Is it possible for a movie to be at once ludicrously silly and genuinely moving? Review: ‘Adaline’ is both ludicrous and deeply moving 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Daxter Miles Jr. only poked a stick in Kentucky's eye when he ludicrously predicted West Virginia would end the Wildcats' season at 36-1. Kentucky is in Elite class of its own going into NCAA regional finals 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Once notorious for its high prices, Japan is now ludicrously cheap. Treasure hunt 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z “He is the architect of crackdown on and jailing of these activists with ludicrously harsh sentences,” Mr. Coogle said. Saudi Succession Hints at Shift in Foreign Role 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z I probably would have named ludicrously high, failed, and ended up recalibrating extremely low. Helping the Poor in Education: The Power of a Simple Nudge 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z In reality, it's a $70 million ad for a ludicrously opulent casino and resort in a Chinese tax haven. Watch DiCaprio, De Niro, and Pitt sell their souls for a $70M casino ad 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z If it all sounds ludicrously complex and expensive, that is exactly what it is. Short-let apartments spark Paris row 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z There’s no doubt it’s a ludicrously high percentage. SAPVoice: Content Marketers: Ghost Writing Is A Terrible Idea 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The game is stylish and ludicrously simple: you and a loved one play opposing wrestlers, locked at the wrist, who must flip the other person on their head by way of out-jumping them. The 7 games you can play with the whole family this Thanksgiving 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Their pitch is simple: in the era of electronic money, the 4-12 percent fees banks charge consumers for any transaction involving foreign currency is ludicrously expensive. Forex transfer firms give pricey UK banks a run for their money 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z The most ludicrously drawn is District 3, which stitches together suburban Washington, suburban Baltimore and Annapolis. Can Larry Hogan bring much-needed redistricting reform to Maryland? The iPhone 6 Plus looks great and it superbly well made, but its lack of hand-friendly ergonomics and ludicrously slippery finish are completely nonsensical. Apple Loop: iPhone 6 Plus Victorious, The Apple Watch Will Rule China, Which Is The Best iPad? 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z He charges prices that while not cheap, are ludicrously low in comparison to what the market will bear. Kobe Beef Is Back In New York - Real Thing Returns After 13 Year Drought 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Quite apart from demonstrating seeming ludicrously petty at a time when, as the cases of Alder, Sweeny and Gutiérrez reminded everyone, there is already enough misery in the world, Newcastle were actually playing quite well. Newcastle grab draw with Hull as Papiss Cissé reprieves Alan Pardew 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Only the cameo appearance of an uncredited Johnny Depp, playing a French Canadian detective with a ludicrously broad accent, was sufficient to rouse me, briefly, from the torpor induced by listening to Parks. ‘Tusk’ movie review: Kevin Smith tries to gross you out but lulls you to sleep If there really were a “war on whites,” as a Republican congressman from Alabama ludicrously claims, it wouldn’t be going very well for the anti-white side. What ‘war on whites’? The institutional systems and regulatory models that supported America’s electric power industry are ludicrously antiquated. Big Win For Utility Status Quo? Mr. Bay Goes To Washington 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The 32-year-old, yet to drop a set in four rounds, dazzled the crowd with his artistry, making the game look ludicrously easy against the 22nd best player in the world. Federer glides on as Sharapova goes down fighting 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z “On the contrary,” he writes, “they’ve been as ludicrously wrong in recent years as they were in the 1990s.” Paul Krugman blasts the GOP’s plutocratic “charlatans and cranks” 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Many of their fans wore those ludicrously skimpy wrestler’s outfits in South Africa four years ago when the nights were freezing cold. World Cup 2014 talking points: Brazil say adiós Spain, hello Fernandinho 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Companies with small revenue streams are valued at ludicrously high amounts, too. App Raises $1m In Funding For Simply Sending The Message "Yo" Back And Forth 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z When the cravings finally lifted, I felt ludicrously triumphant. My Diet Coke addiction had to end 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The latest instance came Wednesday, when Mr. Maduro ludicrously claimed that the U.S. ambassador to neighboring Colombia had been conspiring with opposition leaders to assassinate him. U.S. sanctions against Venezuelan officials may bring them to the table As I strolled around the show floor, taking in the ludicrously cute new Jeep and admiring Mercedes’ heavy metal, I found myself feeling uneasy, rather than blissful. It’s Time to Ditch the Booth Babes 2014-04-18T13:59:17Z The cars were too quiet and not quick enough, likened ludicrously to golf buggies with cautious 'taxi drivers' more preoccupied with saving fuel and sparing the tires than overtaking. Formula One still has a license to thrill 2014-04-07T14:07:23Z There sits the wealthy white athlete with his ludicrously expensive white legal team. Pistorius trial: Competing realities 2014-03-15T14:56:08Z This is why we choose ludicrously simple PINs and passwords that are easy for us to remember - and therefore for others to guess. Hello, is that really you? 2013-11-12T00:04:50Z Investors will also look at Apple's December quarter forecasts - once ludicrously conservative but now a better indication of management's expectations - for an idea of the company's holiday-quarter hopes. Apple's iPhone sales, holiday quarter up for scrutiny 2013-10-28T03:06:26Z Yes, data roaming charges are ludicrously high, as are international calls from a mobile. The European Union's Very Strange Plans For The Mobile Phone Industry 2013-09-12T13:30:00Z “Four Lions” is an uneven film, but at its best it does for jihadis what “Spinal Tap” did for heavy metal, revealing a ludicrously adolescent consciousness at the center of a myth. Can We Imagine the Life of a Terrorist? 2013-06-14T14:00:40Z I got together with developer Georg Backer and Jimmy Dance, owner of the Loading Bar in Soho, and we hatched a ludicrously ambitious plan. EToo london event: livestreaming the E3 press conferences tonight 2013-06-10T09:10:42Z The data needed to quantify the benefits DG creates for the electric grid and other ratepayers is ludicrously inadequate. Time to Reinforce Net-Metering Rules 2013-06-05T14:08:21Z The schedule has been almost ludicrously unforgiving and it has been exacerbated by imbalances to the club's squad. Rafael Benítez: five areas where he has succeeded at Chelsea 2013-05-16T12:08:33Z Ada Louise Huxtable, who would later become The Times’s architecture critic, wrote in a review of “American Skyline” that the book advocated “a way of building ludicrously out of character with contemporary life.” Henry Hope Reed, Architecture Historian, Dies at 97 2013-05-03T01:41:09Z It's scarcely surprising that the Labour leader tiptoes round his Blairite critics, backed as they are by the media and corporate establishment, and lashes out at leaders of Labour-affiliated unions, ludicrously portrayed as puppet masters. Ed Miliband will fail if he locks himself into Tory austerity 2013-05-01T06:00:19Z Now people ludicrously demand appointments for colds, rashes and random pains without even waiting to see if they clear up on their own. The perfect pill for whingers – the placebo 2013-03-24T00:06:29Z And finally, clothes labels are getting ludicrously long and it's all the EU's fault, reports the Mail. The Rumour Mill: Nigel Adkins to manage Leicester City? 2013-03-18T09:31:10Z Previous titles offered a series of elaborate environmental puzzles, Croft nobly throwing herself at nature, a solitary key with which to unlock the ludicrously well-maintained tombs of Tibet or South America. Tomb Raider – review 2013-03-01T11:47:57Z The fees for sub-accounts and weekly transfers were ludicrously high, given the small amounts of cash involved. How to Master the Allowance Question and Prepaid Cards in One Shot 2013-02-15T14:00:31Z I'm in favour of means-testing for all, and for all benefits, but set the threshold higher, as right now it's ludicrously low. Elderly care: The other options 2013-01-03T09:55:46Z PlayStation 2 augmented the initial vision with its ludicrously named 'Emotion Engine' CPU and powerful graphics processing unit. PlayStation 2 retires – but what were its finest moments? 2013-01-02T11:47:00Z Expectations in early September that Apple would become the first trillion dollar market capitalization on the Big Board already seem ludicrously naïve. Apple Ain't The Next Polaroid 2012-11-12T23:03:42Z I don't know about you, I'm ludicrously excited and nervous, and not thinking particularly straight as a result. Ryder Cup: day one – live! 2012-09-28T13:13:34Z Yet the opening goal was almost ludicrously simple. Real Madrid beat Barcelona to win Spain's Super Cup 2012-08-29T23:56:08Z The fear must be that seven consecutive wins, the final few crammed into this ludicrously backend-loaded tournament for the benefit of CBS, might be beyond him twice in one year. Andy Murray can profit from fatigue factor to win first slam at US Open 2012-08-25T22:00:05Z Yet Rangers deserved to win it, if only because Mark Hateley had been ludicrously sent off for a minor handbag infringement, while Ally McCoist was sent flying in the area for no reward. Lucky strikes, ricochets and beach balls 2012-08-17T07:59:01Z Curiously, under Steve Jobs, Apple’s quarter-end reviews waxed consistently low ball constructs to the point of being ludicrously bearish on revenues, gross margins and unit shipments. Apple Ain't The Next Polaroid 2012-11-12T23:03:42Z The trouble is that Doran and Reed – and a large part of the renewable energy industry – is ludicrously ill-informed about the diversity of technologies used to produce electric power and thermal energy from natural gas. Memo to Renewable Energy Industry: Natural Gas Is Good, Bad and Ugly 2012-08-16T02:08:53Z For example, learning the last four digits in someone's credit card account number, which many companies use as a way to verify identity, is ludicrously easy. Prevent Hack Attacks: 5 Things to Do Today 2012-08-08T13:15:00Z Is Nick Saban giving back any of his ludicrously exhorbitant salary to de-emphasize winning at Alabama? is Oregon dismantling any of its football palace or refusing to bow to Nike money? Leading Off: Real Reform or Just Redecorating? 2012-07-24T14:29:08Z With just five days to go until the London 2012 Games, older readers may recall that I have always been an opponent of hosting this ludicrously bloated, epically expensive, hideously commercialised, sham amateur five-ring circus. This five-ring circus is only for those in love with white elephants 2012-07-21T23:04:35Z Strath – his patience worn by two rounds of nonsense on a ludicrously busy course – clipped his third shot into the green the very moment the group ahead finished the hole. The Joy of Six: Open Championship stories 2012-07-13T10:09:57Z If these calls were heeded that would mean China would end up with more industrial overcapacity, more bridges to nowhere, more empty airports and hundreds more miles of ludicrously uneconomic high-speed rail. Is China heading for a crash? 2012-07-12T17:29:50Z They were aided by some dubious tactics from that England attack, which, wrote Selvey, "got ludicrously carried away with itself on the fast bouncy pitch … Benjamin excepted, it was juvenile stuff." The Spin 2012-07-12T11:22:04Z It’s amazing that a Republican with Swiss bank accounts and a history of offshoring and a ludicrously chameleonic political persona made it out of the GOP primary. It's the Economy, Stupid: Why Romney Shouldn't Worry About a Focused Message 2012-07-06T18:05:22Z Her success springs from a ludicrously simple premise. Nasty Gal's Sophia Amoruso: Fashion's New Phenom 2012-06-28T12:34:41Z A growing number of players are buckling beneath a workload which, in some cases, has been ludicrously excessive. Weary England must dig deep to end tour on a high against South Africa 2012-06-22T21:00:02Z Glasgow University boasts a ludicrously fulsome host of inventors and innovators including the beautifully eccentric, parrot-fancying genius of Lord Kelvin and the rapacious intellect of William Hunter. Olympic torch route, day 21: Glasgow won't stand on ceremony for the flame 2012-06-08T06:00:05Z Graham Thorpe had returned to the side at Headingley after being ludicrously dropped for the first four Tests of the summer. The Spin 2012-07-12T11:22:04Z Those are not lean numbers in and of themselves, but when you consider how fast Google was growing its top line, they were not ludicrously in the stratosphere. Facebook No Bargain Compared To Google At IPO 2012-05-17T22:38:05Z Making a revolution in history of science, H. F. Cohen, in his own words, “almost ludicrously downplayed” the role of Copernicus by regarding him as Ptolemy’s last heir rather than the first Scientific Revolutionary. How the Modern Physics was invented in the 17th century, part 1: The Needham Question 2012-04-07T16:15:00.210Z Of all branches of education, save their rote of Latin and Greek, the boys were entirely ignorant, though some of the dean's questions were ludicrously simple. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z Lucian depicts the gods in council ludicrously discussing the danger they were in from the philosophers. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Nearly a whole generation before the winning of that late success, Bulwer-Lytton had tried the House of Commons, and miserably, ludicrously failed. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The 2nd Room— Is a corridor filled with cinerary urns, chiefly from Volterra, bearing recumbent figures, ludicrously stunted. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z They are renderings in wood of the older Anglo-Saxon style of design, and are ludicrously grotesque. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z The face, however, was so unmistakably Ted's, though the figure was so ludicrously insignificant, that I could not fail to recognize him. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z French plays and novels we know do most ludicrously misrepresent the people of other countries. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z His face fell ludicrously, and his thick black brows drew together in a very ominous fashion. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z It rains hard to-day, and their white dresses cling to them with a ludicrously ungraceful effect. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z These efforts came as a succession of hammer-blows, which gave the defending force neither rest nor respite, and to cope with which their numbers were ludicrously insufficient. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z To these jests the royal marines answered, as was their wont, in kind, enlarging ludicrously by side remarks and flings on the reputed helplessness of sailors on land, especially on deer-back. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Baptiste had rightly imagined that this cool and almost ludicrously matter-of-fact way of broaching the subject was the best in the circumstances. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z Sitting up in his frowsy bunk, with the blankets huddled about him, looking ludicrously like an incensed gorilla, he raged and swore at his gratuitous visitor until his voice gave out. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Doctor Walpole's statement," The Thinking Machine went on after a moment, "makes this particular problem ludicrously simple. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z "I understand," he said, feeling a ludicrously unmanly desire to cry. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z He is crowning an Emperor, who kneels before him, two Cardinals attending, one of whom is ludicrously personated by Death. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z He gave a start and plucked the pen from behind his ear; and the impulsive movement ludicrously betrayed his sense of detection. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z I realized for the first time the inanity of imposed pretences, the thick, the suffocating armor of triviality that criminally and ludicrously muffled life. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z He was ludicrously incompetent for the task of satirising the forward movement of women: the Almanacks show that, if their evidence be required. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z Still he hopped ludicrously about, and almost made her ludicrous. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Her jester, in whose habiliments Death has ludicrously attired himself, endeavours in vain to protect his mistress. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z And Theresa clasped her hands, and threw back her head with an air so ludicrously like Mrs Ascot, that her sister laughed merrily. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z The American's surprise visit earned the opposition leader months more under lock and key, after the military regime ludicrously deemed that his entry had broken the conditions of her house arrest. As Burma and the U.S. Grow Closer, Could the Plight of Ethnic Burmese Be Forgotten? 2011-12-02T12:06:44Z All studied attempts at reform have proved almost ludicrously futile. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z Not only does the existence of this ludicrously pricy limited edition have the potential to damage Costello’s brand, it also has the potential to damage his sales. Costello: Steal This Record. Actually, Don't. 2011-11-25T18:29:52Z ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3′ is a vanilla sold product, in a jewel case, a digital file or a ludicrously expensive collectors’ edition. Activision Blizzard Announces Q3 results, Raises Forecasts 2011-11-09T00:05:17Z It really was ludicrously funny, and the immortal Mr. Stiggins came into his mind. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z Stumbling ludicrously, she knew that she still 166 wished to go on. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z And his equipment for the enterprise to which he had committed himself was almost ludicrously elaborate. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z In the latter instance, The God Species is eerily prophetic and ludicrously understated. The God Species: Rethinking Environmentalism 2011-10-22T20:10:31Z Let’s prepare for the end of the summer, girls,” sighed Julie, ludicrously. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z Thus, to my right I beheld a single leg, fully twelve feet in height, surmounted by a puny human form, which on this leg, hopped ludicrously away. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Everything went for positively nothing, and Chrysogonus was understood to have got nearly the whole of it at a ludicrously low figure. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z The launch of the OGP at a briefing where reporters were ludicrously told to identify the speakers only as “State Department Official One” and “State Department Official Two” brought justified ridicule. The Open Government Partnership: The parting of the red tape 2011-10-05T20:32:46Z Give me something ludicrously bad, and I shall prize it almost as highly as if it were seriously good. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The latter’s automatic, pointed at a somewhat indefinite part of the Phantom’s body, seemed ludicrously large in contrast with the slight stature of the man himself. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z The appearance of a room, the outside of a house, are ludicrously, hopelessly at variance with what one had thought they should be. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z They were always laughing and looking at our mode of life with the interest of a big dog; they were ludicrously stupid, but they were never sulky or impudent. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z Any thing more ludicrously absurd than these from the lips of our congregations it would indeed be difficult to imagine. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z He grinned in the heat of the studio lights and, forced to look upwards at Letterman on his raised pulpit behind a ludicrously large desk, he looked lost. Andy Murray keen on facing Rafael Nadal but wary of the US Open draw 2011-08-27T21:55:05Z As is often the case, it was so ludicrously simple that he wondered why he had not seen it at once. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z The ludicrously overstocked shelves of the App Store are groaning under the weight of word and simple strategy sims, so it takes something special to grab the attention of jaded app shoppers. Quarrel Deluxe ? review 2011-08-26T10:59:29Z She will merely get herself laughed at, you know—encanailler herself most ludicrously; that is all. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Among other reasons, he hated war, because he deprecated everything that tended to check the multiplication of the human species which he was almost ludicrously eager to encourage. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z In his “Detection,” he is still more ludicrously false. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z They are the liveliest, most restless, and most inquisitive of creatures; ludicrously nervous and excitable; quick to chattering anger and bursts of hysterical passion, which are intensely comical, especially when they have been scared. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z As so placed he reminded us irresistibly and ludicrously of a huge toad held up by a fore leg. Addresses & Papers / Collectanea 2011-08-04T02:00:22.097Z He also stages supermarket ambushes, handing shoppers big protest stickers to place on any goods they consider ludicrously expensive. Greece debt crisis: The 'we won't pay' anti-austerity revolt 2011-07-31T20:03:00Z He left each of these schools of mental culture and bodily discipline, not under a cloud—that metaphor would be ludicrously inept—but in an explosion. Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z The effect of several story-tellers spinning yarns at the same time was so ludicrously funny that all the stories ended in merry laughter. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z All of this was too much for Scotland on Sunday's Richard Bath, who described Williams as "a superannuated porter who gets ludicrously well rewarded...to carry a bag of golf clubs." Monday Qualifier: Stealing The Spotlight 2011-07-25T04:00:00Z As to some who ludicrously boast of the long continuance of an intimate friendship, there are many letters of Hearn extant and unpublished which blow out that vanity with an amusing smile. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z He hit a great approach shot on No. 1, only to leave his birdie putt ludicrously short. Clarke, Johnson Battle Nerves and Wind in Final Round 2011-07-17T14:20:14Z It's not often that you find yourself caught up in a real-life metaphor that seems so ludicrously appropriate as to become almost a cliche. Student soldiers 2011-07-16T11:00:22Z But none of these methods promise the ironic death this ludicrously macho handset demands. Death By Cuteness: Smartphone Mangled By Baby, Raccoon, Otter, Dolphin, and Elephant 2011-07-15T13:00:51Z Such a people do not forget their duty, however ludicrously the discharge of it may be at first. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z As a work of art the Mulready envelope has, in my opinion, great merit, but it was ludicrously inappropriate to the purposes for which it was intended. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z Photograph: David Moir/Reuters For a few benign, picture-perfect hours in the Highlands, there was a genuine possibility of scoring getting ludicrously low in the second round of the Scottish Open. Graeme McDowell gets back in the groove at Scottish Open 2011-07-08T18:29:13Z His arms were ludicrously long, and seemed by their unusual proportions to make up for the shortness, and impish form of the body. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Their shooting, however, is ludicrously bad, and the bullets and “pot-legs” whiz high overhead, imperilling no one. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z He delights in being ludicrously sententious—in Tupperizing laughingly, and in causing an old adage to appear a new one through the fantastic manner in which it is dished up. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Launching and maintaining suitable satellites would be ludicrously expensive. Solar power from space: Beam it down, Scotty 2011-06-23T10:54:47Z He had marvelled at the astigmatic insight displayed by sincere statesmen and philanthropists, an insight ludicrously so-called, which overlooked women as the mightiest lever to raise and regenerate a nation. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z And in case you were wondering, yes, the playoffs are lasting a ludicrously long time these days, as WSJ.com explains how many animals can be conceived and born before a basketball or hockey champion is crowned. Leading Off: Good When He Needed to Be Great 2011-06-10T17:08:46Z Their anachronisms often ludicrously give the lie to their legendary statements. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z To me unused as I then was to American xv can manners, the association of a clergyman with Bartlemy Fair and Barnum’s Museum seemed ludicrously incongruous. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z As he put his final question his smiling face looked ludicrously serene. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z The situations often waver on the edge of the ludicrously farcical. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Generally speaking, the report suggests multinational agribusiness, market reforms and a ludicrously inadequate policy response to the crisis on the part of the Indian government are among the culprits contributing to the tragedy. Every 30 Minutes an Indian Farmer Commits Suicide, Biotech Is Not To Blame 2011-05-19T01:01:15Z Kneeling to the king, and specifying some particular lands, was found a convenient method to acquire them; and these royal favours were sometimes capriciously and even ludicrously bestowed. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He was wholly conscious and wholly alive, but ludicrously quiet. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z So far, the bond market is shrugging off government deficits that make Carter-era numbers seem ludicrously small, and unemployment is falling instead of rising. Not so fast! Obama still hasn't shaken the Carter syndrome 2011-05-04T11:45:00Z Herein lies Porto Montenegro's greatest challenge: discouraging certain clientele while still fostering an environment that attracts the ludicrously rich. Porto Montenegro, the Balkan Riviera 2011-04-14T21:00:03Z He darted down the deck, the old man after him, his coat tails flapping ludicrously, and they disappeared around the end of the ship. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z This work in its day made as great a sensation as the “Esprit” of Helvetius at a later time; and in effect resembled the phrenology of our day, and was as ludicrously applied. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Like Sofrona, they knew their satirists to be fair husbands, fathers, brothers, and, in the capacity of lovers, ludicrously blind to their defects. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z But just then something else recalls the western river not ludicrously, but with another twinge of pain. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z As he rightly noted, in this league a 0-0 is a bad result, given the ludicrously high points totals being racked up by Barcelona. After nine years, 151 games and four clubs, Jos? Mourinho's record ends 2011-04-04T12:00:55Z "Oh, ain't I in for it now!" cried Paul, in an accent of grief most ludicrously natural. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z His writings were interspersed with verses, parodied from Homer and the tragic poets, or ludicrously applied, for the purpose of burlesque. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The leaders of that party have always been painfully and even ludicrously particular abut their associates. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Never were judicial deliberations brought to a more abrupt ending; never transfer of authority more ludicrously sudden. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The great chair Miss Greta had fetched for him from Kirklamont certainly did seem ludicrously too big for a being so diminished, not only in body, but in spirit. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z It is of course impossible for me to continue to draw a—er—a stipend such as I am in receipt of for services so ludicrously inadequate.” Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z The cause of quarrel seems ludicrously small to have produced such results as ensued. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z To apply a dignified axiom of humanity to that fluttering, long-suffering tumult of anguish familiarly known as the 'gaynder' was regarded as ludicrously inappropriate. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z He spoke with his characteristically priggish air, with a pomposity ludicrously like his father’s, and doubly ludicrous in a lad of barely sixteen. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z By contrast, items actually used by royalty can reap ludicrously extravagant rewards. Royal wedding: Boom time for Britain's patriotic entrepreneurs 2011-03-20T00:05:08Z “Either that, or my correspondent has been ludicrously misinformed.” Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z It was all happening so ludicrously as he had foreseen. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z That is a drop, however, from the 7.5 percent goal of the past five years, which was ludicrously low: the economy grew an average of more than 11 percent annually during that period. Premier Says China Will Let Currency Appreciate Gradually 2011-03-14T19:04:54Z The service is ludicrously starved, of course, but the funds are administered by a few men who do not call for vouchers or present itemised accounts. Kim 2011-03-13T03:00:25.327Z But, really, there is nothing funny about the corrosive damage that such ludicrously poor refereeing decisions have on the enjoyment and credibility of football. Opinion: Referee ruins Barca-Arsenal classic 2011-03-09T17:04:21Z Those plans now seem ludicrously ambitious as Russia won the right to stage the World Cup and Argyle were relegated, prompting a financial reckoning the over-extended Pilgrims have been battling ever since. Argyle on brink as crisis deepens 2011-03-02T14:22:49Z If that sounds hyperbolic, it was positively downbeat compared to the praise of his agent, Rudy Raba, who set the bar ludicrously high. QPR's swashbuckling Adel Taarabt leads ranks of second division Caesars 2011-03-02T00:06:01Z And the actual criteria of conduct derived from biological considerations are almost ludicrously inadequate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z This quaint old proverb has been ludicrously illustrated by a characteristic story. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z "I want my mama," she said with an air of authority which was ludicrously like that of the circus rider from Vienna. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z No doubt to many it will appear so, and be set down as ludicrously improbable. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z But just then something else recalls the western river, not ludicrously, but with another twinge of pain. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z But he increases his natural ugliness by a laxity of the muscles, a rolling of the eye and a dropping of the under jaw, when ill, which give his face a most ludicrously wo-begone appearance. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Me a bad woman!" she cried, puffing out her cheeks ludicrously; "me, when Henry says that I am the best woman in the world. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Djokovic's climb up the ludicrously greasy pole of world rankings is significant, given the circumstances of his win here, his second Australian title and his second major, in the absence of Federer and Nadal. Andy Murray's disarray cannot obscure Novak Djokovic's sublime skills 2011-01-30T21:23:41Z His lean face was tanned to the color and texture of brown leather, against which a coating of talcum powder, applied after a close shave of his black beard, showed ludicrously. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Does she really believe that it was simply an absence of benevolence that let British stadiums become crumbling deathtraps, or which caused ticket prices to rise so ludicrously above inflation? Response: Football fans do not expect to pick the team 2011-01-20T07:59:00Z As an explanation of what has taken place in later years, or of the actual economic life of the present day, it is ludicrously inadequate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z The issue took the media by storm, one news website ludicrously describing her as "fat". Wise Zoe Smith needs a lift after weighty issue is brought to the fore 2011-01-15T22:00:02Z The man was completely, almost ludicrously in her power; and Z�lie didn't flatter herself that what he had done was done entirely because of trust in her. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z It was a crude, disjointed discourse, having very little logic, a great many large words, some of them ludicrously misapplied, yet contained striking thoughts, and appropriate similes. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z "Give my regards to Broadway, remember me to Herald Square" was ludicrously out of joint with our surroundings. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z As a contract term, it is ludicrously one-sided. Tesco, treating credit card customers fairly? 2010-12-11T00:01:00Z "It seemed almost ludicrously symbolic, but there it was." Ireland's Ghost Estates: Shadows of Prosperity Past 2010-12-04T14:40:00Z To Americans, who spend the first decade of their working lives paying off student loans, this seems ludicrously spoiled. The upside of the "Celtic Chimera" 2010-12-03T16:30:00Z Bale's first two goals felt like glorious consolations but his third briefly hinted at the ludicrously dramatic. David Hytner: Bale advertises himself to Inter 2010-10-20T22:17:00Z His second ball is ludicrously called wide by Billy Doctrove, and his third beats Strauss on the inside. England v Pakistan - live! 2010-09-22T12:50:00Z Man City have stepped up their efforts to become the biggest/most ludicrously overblown club in the world by making Blue Moon Rising, a documentary detailing their first season under Sheikh Mansour, writes Sachin Nakrani. It Could Always Be Worse, and the France Football Team 2010-09-07T15:26:00Z American editors, debating British MPs' expenses, banged on ludicrously about whether the Telegraph had been correct to buy the information – not what was on those fateful discs. Is the News of the World's phone-hacking really justified? Yes, sometimes 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z "Airports are ludicrously complicated places only because we have this utterly useless transaction of taking your bag from you upon departure, just so we can give it back to you at arrival," he says. Ryanair's O'Leary: The Duke of Discomfort 2010-09-02T21:00:00Z Yes, he's a clown and a big mouth, a walking parody, but he's a ludicrously rich one, feisty as hell and successful too. Sid Lowe: Bar?a finally get their man ... but at a price 2010-08-30T09:23:00Z Goldman said that our estimates of their profits from commodity speculation were "ludicrously overstated", which is odd considering we based the figures on their annual report. Speculating on food can starve the world's poorest 2010-07-22T06:00:00Z The bank, however, says the "overwhelming majority" of its activities in commodity markets are on behalf of clients and that the WDM's profit estimates are "ludicrously overstated". Hedge funds accused of gambling with lives of the poorest as food prices soar 2010-07-18T23:04:00Z The cavalry charge he led was ludicrously misguided. | New Jersey: ?Arms and the Man? at the Shakespeare Theater 2010-07-16T22:58:00Z Giant lilac and yellow is ludicrously outre for most. The Open 2010: A fashion editor's guide to John Daly's trousers 2010-07-16T21:00:00Z Several other countries are worried — not ludicrously — that financial markets may turn on them, too, if they delay deficit reduction. Economic Scene: Betting That Cutting Spending Won?t Derail Recovery 2010-06-30T00:40:00Z As a result, he argued, newspapers and networks were ludicrously late in recognizing the rise of Scott Brown in Massachusetts. Pollster Scott Rasmussen's numbers are firing up Republicans and Democrats 2010-06-17T04:00:00Z The first Internet Explorer browser was ludicrously bad. How Microsoft became an also-ran 2010-05-26T00:43:00Z In the interim, thanks to the current laws, the supermarket giants are well within their rights to sell drinks at whatever ludicrously low price they see fit. Don't blame binge drinking on cheap booze 2010-05-06T08:00:00Z Professor Martin McKee London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine • Our ludicrously cheap flights culture has led to the operating margins of all airlines being eroded. Letters: Airlines burned by their low-cost fares 2010-04-22T23:05:00Z In the past only space-based telescopes could manage this trick—and they are ludicrously expensive. Cosmic archaeology: Signs of life 2010-04-15T10:52:00Z While stories of Greek government nepotism, ludicrously high pensions and the like abound, let us be clear that Greece is not broke. German roots of Greek crisis remain 2010-04-14T09:53:00Z Did someone fall asleep and miss everything since 1998? — the most ludicrously successful one of all has coached his way into a different bizarre parallel universe. Leading Off: On the Coaching Carousel, All Is Forgiven 2010-03-31T16:09:00Z Of course, if you're a cheerful chappie who's more interested in perfecting his arm ball than hitting the books, you can easily feign these depths by asking ludicrously pointless questions – What is art? The art of online conversation | MT Hughes 2010-03-26T13:00:00Z I speak of his ludicrously tiny 10% hike in alcohol duty for that most disgusting of British confections: cider. Budget 2010: my cider house rules | Malcolm Gluck 2010-03-24T19:37:00Z But the evidence produced so far is not merely inconclusive, but ludicrously inadequate. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn At all events a select company come hither and join the builders for an hour or so, chirping vigorously and strutting about together in a most ludicrously demonstrative manner. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Those who assumed these characters strove to be ludicrously consistent therewith. The Story of Malta Moreover, for parcels from country districts the present uniform rate is often ludicrously low. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study There was no lamp lit, and the only light came from the brightly-burning fire near which the Count was sitting in an armchair ludicrously too large for his frail body. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 With all these preparations the defensive ability of Havana was pitifully if not ludicrously slight. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 “Who are—who are these gentlemen?” he stammered, in a ludicrously altered tone. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 And had not Dr. Johnson, who received a ludicrously large sum of money for making a dictionary, lived in a garret? The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life This attitude left its hind quarters thrust high and ludicrously into the air. The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin The result was a display of gorgeous uniforms and elegant apparel that would have been quite imposing had not the faces and manners of the wearers been so ludicrously out of keeping with their costumes. The Wreckers of Sable Island |
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